Transport No. 46f left Vienna’s (Northern Railway Station) on March 30, 1943, and arrived in Theresienstadt on April 1. It consisted of 101 Jews. The average age of the deportees was 47. 36 of them were over 61.
Among the deportees were several prominent members of the Jewish community, including Oberst (Colonel) Hermann Ferdinand Hostovsky of the Austrian military, who had fought on the front lines during World War I and Gisela Wiese, widow of the former president of the Viennese locksmiths union.
Three policemen, Anton Huber, Karl Ruzek and Rudolf Seidler, under the command of an officer (Meister der Schutzpolizei) named Max Beutel were assigned to guard the deportees during the journey.They were instructed to report at the station's post ramp at 3:00, and await the deportees....