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, 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…
1945-05-14 | Julius Ludolph | Melk concentration camp
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Hermann Hofstädt describes his arrival from Mauthausen to the Melk concentration camp in April 1944. He focuses on the harsh living conditions in the camp, the torture of its inmates, and the role of camp commander Julius Ludolph and other SS men.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
The unknown author describes the census on November 11th, 1943, on the Terezín Ghetto inmates in the Bohušovice Basin, conducted due to the rising number of escaped prisoners. The author recalls the endless hours of standing and waiting in the cold…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Report by Josef Fried on the concentration camp in Buchenwald. Fried describes in detail the harsh living conditions and everyday life of the camp's inmates. He recalls forced labor, torture, and illness.
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, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Max Borger provides a detailed and extensive report on the Terezín Ghetto. He starts with his deportation from Ostrava in September 1942. He focuses on the living conditions, housing, food rations, and forced labor in the Ghetto. The report sheds…
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.
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, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Detailed report on youth welfare in the Terezín Ghetto. The unknown author sheds light on the topic of children and youth, including their housing, education, and general living conditions.
