This transport departed from Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin on 6 July 1942 and arrived in Theresienstadt in the early evening of the same day. The transport consisted of 100 Jews, of whom 75 were women and 25 were men. The average age of the deportees was 73.2. The youngest was aged 23, and the oldest was 94 years old. Three of them were between the ages of 19 and 45, four were between 46 and 60, and eighty seven of the deportees were between the ages of 61 and 85. Six of the deportees were over 85 years old.
On this transport there were 45 people from the old age home located at No. 3 Iranische Strasse in the Wedding district of Berlin. From now on, the Gestapo tried to increase the number of deportees to 100 per transport, and the frequency of transports to five every week. On this and the next transports there were also Jews from Braunschweig, who were brought to Berlin a few days before.
The deportees were ordered to appear at the assembly camp in Grosse Hamburger Strasse or were taken from their homes by the Gestapo. A couple of Gestapo men, members of the Jewish desk, would usually show up, in order to round up the Jews destined for deportation. The Jews were requested to hand over the apartments in tidy form, after they had paid all taxes. The Gestapo men searched the deportees’ luggage, and the apartment, and often confiscated valuables. Subsequently they sealed the apartments. Jewish wardens who assisted the deportees in packing and carrying their belongings accompanied the Gestapo men. Trucks drove the Jews to the assembly site. This process usually took place one day prior to the actual deportation. At the assembly site the Jews were forced to sign a declaration, authorizing the transfer of their property to the state....