Yad Vashem Archives, Czechoslovakia Collection (O.7) Original in German.
Hilda Zadikow describes the life of her husband Arnold Zadikow, a German-Jewish sculptor and medalist who worked in Germany and France. In 1933, he moved with his wife and daughter to Czechoslovakia and in May 1942 they were deported to the Terezín…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
The unknown author describes the history of the Terezín Ghetto from 1941 to its liquidation in the summer of 1945. The author focuses on the most import aspects of the daily life, living conditions, and structure of the Ghetto. He also recalls the…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Investigation of the participants in the mass killings in the town of Teplá. The investigation committee interviewed several local inhabitants regarding the events they may have witnessed.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Description of the documentary photographs of death march victims in western Bohemia. The exhumation was conducted on August 28th, 1945, in the town of Teplá near Mariánské Lázně.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Rudolf Klein describes in detail autopsies in the Terezín Ghetto. As a medical student, he was one of the people who performed them. He also provides an overview of the cremation and burial of corpses in the Ghetto.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Evžen Schönfeld recounts his experiences of the camps in Warsaw, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dachau, and Mühldorf. He focuses on the harsh living conditions in the camps, describes the daily routine, poor food allocations, forced labor, and the death of…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Erich Nasch and Robert Weinberger, co-workers in the Documentation campaign, visited several former labor and concentration camps in Austria and Germany a few months after the war to gather evidence about the events of the Holocaust. In this…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Julius Lederer, the Chairman of the postwar Council of the Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia-Silesia, provides a brief overview of the history of the Jewish cemetery in Březnice, starting in 1500 until its partial demolition and destruction…
