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Transport from Graz, Styria, Austria to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 18/05/1944

Transport
Departure Date 18/05/1944 Arrival Date 19/05/1944
Vienna, Nordbahnhof
Rail car attached to a regular passenger train
Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia
The transport left Graz on May 18, 1944, and arrived in Theresienstadt on May 19. It consisted of four Jews. Apparently they were first driven to Vienna’s Nordbahnhof (Northern Railway Station) where they were put on passenger train No. 723 that left daily at 6 PM from Vienna (Wien) and travelled via Breclav (Lundenburg) to Brno (Brünn). In Brno, they were transferred to a train of the "Protektoratsbahnen" (the company that operated trains in the so called "Protektorat") destined for Prague (Praha). From there, the journey continued to Theresienstadt. Upon its arrival, the transport was noted in the ghetto records as IV/15b Ez, the Roman numeral IV represented Vienna as city of origin.
Overview
    No. of transports at the event : 1
    No. of deportees at departure : 4
    No. of deportees upon arrival : 4
    Date of Departure : 18/05/1944
    Date of Arrival : 19/05/1944
    Item No. : 7164595
    Transport No. upon Arrival : IV/15b Ez