Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Zeev Scheck lyrically describes his recollections of an old Jewish prisoner from Lithuania, who managed to smuggle his violin into the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, but was later caught and tortured by an SS member.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
Detailed report about the Terezín Ghetto from its beginning in November 1941 until the liquidation transports to the East in autumn 1944. The author's name is stated as Helena Faberová, but the text is written from a male perspective. The actual…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Brief statement by Georg Feyl, provisor of the Teplá abbey monastery, who claimed to know very little about the circumstances of the death march and mass killing in the city of Teplá.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Brief report by Josef Winter, a worker at the estate in the city of Teplá. He recalls several prisoner trains that passed through the city of Teplá in March. Winter describes a group of prisoners who marched through Teplá and were tortured by the SS…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Brief report by Albert Jaeger, a worker at the estate in the city of Teplá. Jaeger describes a group of prisoners led by the SS that marched through the city.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Erika Wolfová describes the support project, in which some members of the youth Zionist movement in Prague were involved. Their main task was to help with parcels and remain in written contact with deported Jews and the Zionist movement abroad. She…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 81. Original in Czech.
Erich Nasch and Robert Weinberger, co-workers in the Documentation campaign, made three trips abroad in autumn and winter 1945 to gather evidence about the events of the Holocaust. They visited several former concentration camps in Austria and…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Mariana Meissnerová briefly describes her experiences of the Terezín Ghetto and the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Merzdorf camps. She recalls the harsh living conditions in these camps, the illnesses, and slave labor. Her parents and husband perished during…
