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.
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 German.
Detailed, personal report about the fate of Erich Nasch and his family during World War II. Nasch mainly focuses on their deportation to the Terezín Ghetto and to Auschwitz-Birkenau. He highlights the life story of his wife and little son, who were…
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.
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Report by Gustav Herzog on the Buchenwald concentration camp. Herzog describes in detail the harsh living conditions and everyday life of the camp's inmates. He recalls forced labor, illness, torture, and murder.