Documents found: 8

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    1945-08 | Terezín Ghetto
    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…
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    1945-12-05 | Richard Friedmann | Terezín Ghetto
    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…
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    EHRI-DC-052
    1945-05-05 | Terezín Ghetto
    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…
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    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.
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    Jaworzno
    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…
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    1945-10 | Erich Schön | Auschwitz-Birkenau
    Jewish Museum in Prague, Documents of Persecution, inv. no 80. Original in Czech.
    Erich Schön (later named Kulka) was a Czech-Israeli writer, historian, and journalist. After World War II, he made it his life's mission to research the Holocaust and make public his findings about it. In his report for the Documentation campaign in…
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    Terezín Ghetto
    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…
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    Buchenwald
    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.