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https://www.360cities.net/image/national-cemetery-of-terezin-czech-republic

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(Living conditions of the Jews held at Terezin)

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- The poor conditions of Terezin would quicken the death of many deportees
- If any survived, the SS or police would deport them to killing centers in the East

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- Served as a Transit camp for Czech Jews whom the Germans deported to killing centers, concentration camps, and forced-labor camps
- Ghetto/Labor camp
- Served as a holding pen for Jews

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- Arrived by rail transports
- Cattle Carts
- Sent by rail transports to their death

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- Ended on May 3, 1945
- Germans transferred control of Terezin to the Red Cross
- Soviets liberated it 5 days later

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- Founded in 1780
- Emporer Joseph II of Austria named Terezin in honor of his mother, Empress Maria Theresa
- Wasn't used as a camp/ghetto until 1941 and lasted until 1945
- The head of the SS established the camp on November 24, 1941
- Became the home for Jews from Prague and other parts of German-occupied Bohemia and Moravia

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- Got visited by the Red Cross
- Lived in freshly painted rooms
- No more than 3 to a room

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(Children waiting in line at Terezin to be inspected by the International Red Cross)

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- Rafael Schachter was a Czech composer that began the adult chorus
- 150 Jews performed 16 shows
- The purpose of the chorus was to sing to their captors what their words could not tell them.

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30 miles north of Prague in the Czech Republic

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The propaganda effort was designed to fool the Western Allies. The Nazis publicized the camp for its rich cultural life.

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Many educated Jews became inmates at Terezin
These Included:
- Scholars
- Philosophers
- Scientists
- Visual Artists
- Musicians of all types

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Terezin was a concentration camp that was set up similar to a ghetto. Terezin was built specifically for propaganda purposes.

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More than 150,000 Jews were sent her (15,000 children included)
They were held here for months if not years
Less than 150 children survived this camp

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(Image of the inner entrance of the Terezin camp)

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http://www.terezin.org/the-history-of-terezin
https://www.britannica.com/place/Theresienstadt
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/theresienstadt