Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Edita Stützová briefly describes the events of Kristallnacht in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad). The synagogue on Sadová was set on fire and Jewish inhabitants were arrested, most of whom were sent to the internment camp in Olšová vrata.
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 Schön (later named Kulka) was a Czech-Israeli writer, historian, and journalist. After World War II, he made it his life's mission to research the Holocaust and make public his findings about it. In his report for the Documentation campaign in…
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.
Benjamin Lewin describes his fate after being deported from the Terezín Ghetto in autumn 1944 until the liberation of the Belzig camp. His is a survivor of various camps. From Auschwitz-Birkenau, he was transported to the Čechovice/Czechowice…
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…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Jiří Lauscher briefly describes his pre-war life and career. He mainly recounts his Zionist activities. In 1920, he travelled to the United States for Hachshara at a fruit farm in California. In 1925, he was sent by the Czechoslovak Zionist…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Ota Klinger describes what he experienced in Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he was deported in December 1943. His report is brief and mainly focuses on his forced labor in the potato kitchen and on the torture practices of the SS men and Polish capos.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Berta Gerzonová recalls several days in autumn 1944, when she was deported from the Terezín Ghetto to Auschwitz-Birkenau and then to other camps. In a literary style, she describes the transport to Auschwitz-Birkenau and the shock that inmates…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
Norbert Fried briefly describes the Dachau camp trial, the role of witnesses from Czechoslovakia, his statement, and the reason why, from his perspective, this trial was more objective than the Belsen trial.
