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Theresienstadt: concentration camp
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| Sign stating "Work Makes Freedom" |
Theresienstadt concentration camp, also referred to as Terezin, was a Nazi camp established by the Gestapo in the fortress
and garrison city of Terezin, located in which is now Czechoslovakia.
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The fortress of Terezin was constructed between 1780 and 1790 by
orders of Austrian emperor Joseph II. Terezin took its name from the mother of
the emperor, Maria Theresa of Austria. On June 10, 1940, the Gestapo took control
of Terezin and set up prison in the Small Fortress (kleine Festung). By November
of 1941, the Main Fortress (town of Theresienstadt) was turned into a walled ghetto.
Theresienstadt was established to provide a place for the extermination of Jews.
To the outsiders it shown by the Nazis as a model Jewish settlement, but in reality was a concentration camp. It was also used as a transit camp for European Jews in the route to Auschwitz and
some of the other extermination camps.
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| The arrival of prisoners in Theresienstadt. |
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| City of Theresienstadt in 1941. |
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