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.
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 Czech.
Testimony of Hanuš Adler describing harsh living conditions and hunger in the Łódź Ghetto, where he was deported from Prague in 1941. In 1944, he was sent for forced labor to the camps in Skarżysko-Kamienna and Częstochowa, and in 1945 was evacuated…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80.
Zeev Scheck reports on the children's home of the Prague Jewish Community 1942–1944, which was responsible for the education of Jewish children after they were forbidden from attending public and Jewish schools. He briefly describes educational…
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…
