The German name for the Czech town of Terezin, located about 40 miles from Prague. In mid-October 1941, Theresienstadt was converted into a ghetto for Jewish deportees en route to killing centers in the East. More than 140,000 European Jews (73,000 from Bohemia and Moravia, 42,000 from Germany, 16,000 from Austria, 5,000 from the Netherlands, and a small number from Denmark) were imprisoned in Theresienstadt. Approximately 35,000 Jews died in the ghetto and 88,000 were redeported to the East. Barely 2,000 of the 15,000 children survived. The Soviet Army liberated Theresienstadt on May 8, 1945.
Originally an Austrian garrison. In early 1942 it became a Jewish town governed by the SS, although used as a model for the Red Cross. Eventually, 88,000 of the invalids, prominent Jews and other special cases who were sent there, were deported to death or labor camps in the East. When the Red Army liberated it on May 8, 1945, on 17,000 original Jewish prisoners remained, plus another 14,000 evacuated from other camps threatened by the Allies.
A Potempkin village of camps, it was shown to observers as a model camp, though it was deceptively better than its brethren. In reality, it was actually just a stopping point on the way to Auschwitz. It was also called Terezin.
Located near Prague, Czechoslovakia, this was the German name for the walled city of Terezin. It served as a concentration and transit camp for German and western European Jews who were sent on to Auschwitz.
German name for Czech town of Terezin, located about 40 miles from Prague. Nazis used the {Theresienstadt} ghetto, established in November 1941, as a "model Jewish settlement" to show Red Cross investigators how well Jews were being treated. In reality, thousands died there from starvation and disease, and thousands more were deported and killed in extermination camps.
Concentration camp established in Czechoslovakia as a "model camp" to be shown to outside visitors from neutral countries like Switzerland or Sweden or members of the Red Cross. Almost all the Jews who were sent there, including thousands of children, were sent to Auschwitz and killed.
Town located about 40 miles from Prague and used by the Germans as a major ghetto. It was established in 1941 as a "model Jewish settlement" to show Red Cross investigators how well Jews were being treated. In reality, behind its false fronts and showcase stores and residences, many thousands died there of starvation and disease, and thousands more were deported and killed in extermination camps, including thousands of children under the age of 16.
Nazi ghetto located in Czechoslovakia. Created in late 1941 as a "model Jewish settlement" to deceive the outside world, including International Red Cross investigators, as to the treatment of the Jews. However, conditions in Terezín were difficult, and most Jews held there were later killed in death camps. Theresienstadt is the German name for the town; Terezín is the Czech name.
A concentration camp located near Prague in Czechoslovakia, called Terezin in Czech