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.
Zeev Scheck recounts the life of František Kahn, who worked for Zionist organizations and the Jewish Community in Prague. Kahn was deported to the Terezín Ghetto in January 1943. There, he refused to play a major role in the Council of the Elders,…
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, 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.