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Transport AAf from Olomouc, Olomouc Mesto, Moravia-Silesia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 26/06/1942

Transport
Departure Date 26/06/1942 Arrival Date 26/06/1942
School in Hodolany neighborhood, Olomouc
Train
Bohusovice train station
Marched by foot
Theresienstadt,Ghetto,Czechoslovakia
Transport AAf left Olomouc (Olmütz) for the Theresienstadt Ghetto on 26 June, 1942. It consisted of 900 Jews. According to existing archival records most of the deportees were residents of towns and villages in the vicinity of Olomouc. Among these were Tovacov (Tobitschau), Hranice (Weißkirchen), Kojetin, Lipnik (Leipnik), Lostice and Prerov (Prerau). Several staff members of the Prague Jewish community Transports Department arrived in Olomouc to carry out administrative measures according to the orders they received from the Central Office for Jewish Immigration. They prepared a list of deportees, registered Jewish property and issued notices regarding the date of deportation. The Jews were transferred from the school to the train station and put on a train. Upon arrival in Bohusovice, the deportees had to disembark and were forced to march the remaining 3 km to Theresienstadt.
Overview
    No. of transports at the event : 1
    No. of deportees at departure : 900
    No. of deportees upon arrival : 900
    Date of Departure : 26/06/1942
    Date of Arrival : 26/06/1942
    Item No. : 7891155
    Transport No. upon Arrival : AAf