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, Terezín collection, inv. no 343. Original in German.
Very detailed report on the activities of Leo Baeck, Jakob Edelstein, and primarily Richard Friedmann. Friedmann was an Austrian Zionist who worked at the Jewish Community in Vienna and, later, in Prague. He managed to smuggle medicine to the Terezín…
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.
František Fischhof describes the history of the Old New Synagogue in Prague from the beginning of the Nazi occupation in March 1939 until his deportation to the Terezín Ghetto in March 1943.
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 83a. Original in Czech.
Bruno Deutsch, Erich Hirsch, and Alfred Arely filed a denunciation of Gestapo member Paul Hündgen from Olomouc. In their report, they describe the acts of violence that they witnessed against the Jews of Olomouc. They also state the names of Jewish…
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.
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…
