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. Original in German.
Brief report by Josef Winter, a worker at the estate in the city of Teplá. He recalls several prisoner trains that passed through the city of Teplá in March. Winter describes a group of prisoners who marched through Teplá and were tortured by the SS…
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, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in German.
Short report by Paul Heller on Jaworzno, a sub-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Heller describes the harsh living conditions in the camp, forced labor, and the situation of the inmates. He also focuses on the names of the main perpetrators and the SS men…
Jewish Museum in Prague, Terezín Collection, inv. no 343. Original in Czech.
Otto Friedländer was deported from the Terezín Ghetto to the Wulkow labor camp (Baukommando Zossen). He describes the harsh living conditions in the camp, the hunger, the illnesses, and the torture of the camp's inmates.
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.
Lt. H. Vinohradský is the author of five articles published during February and March 1945 in the central journal of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR, which focus on the fate of three Czechoslovak children during the Holocaust. They…
