This photo journal, part of my Hungary/Prague series, features the former WWII concentration camp at Terzin located about 40 miles north of Prague near the confluence of the Elbe and Eger Rivers. The site has been a national memorial since 1947.
This photo journal is dedicated to Zena, Carol's Czech friend in Texas, & especially to Zena's childhood friend Ivana who lives in the Czech Republic near Terezin & Litomerice. Ivana picked us up at the bus station in Litomerice, drove us to the Terezin site, patiently
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The main gate of the Lesser Fortress
which looks quite menacing in black & white, is often shown in tourist...
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Fortress map at the entrance.
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Entrance to the Administration Courtyard
to the left of the main gate. The Administration Courtyard lining both...
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Reception room on the left
The prisoners were registered in the reception room & all of their...
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Commandant's Office (L)
The Commandant throughout the war was Heinrich Jöckel who was...
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"Arbeit Macht Frei" - work sets you free
This cynical slogan was also used at Dachau, Sachsenhausen, the main...
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This courtyard was divided into Blocks
A and B. There were 17 group cells, & 20 small cells for solitary...
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These group cells held up to 100
prisoners at one time.
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Plaque erected by Israeli Embassy
is written in Czech, English & Hebrew, reads as follows: "In...
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Another plaque on the wall
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Group cell
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Self explanatory
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The fake shaving room
at the west end of the 1st Courtyard, was 'remodeled' in1944...
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The dressing room and adjacent
shower room at the end of the 1st courtyard were real, not fake like the ones...
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Sickroom staffed by imprisoned doctors
The Hospital Block was located between the double walls of the the...
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Entrance to the long tunnel (17)
led to the former military firing range between the double ramparts which was...
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Second Courtyard had workshops
where inmates worked. This courtyard was located to the right of the entrance...
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The Third Courtyard, to the right of the
entrance, was used for women prisoners after June 1942. The Canteen building...
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Former SS barracks are now a Museum
On May 6, 1947 the Czech government designated this building as a Memorial of...
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Statue of a woman prisoner
with her hands tied behind her back is located in front of the gate to the...
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Closeup
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This Gate in the 4th courtyard leads
leads outside the fortress. On the left is the former administration building...
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Commandant's House (Lord's House)
on the left, Gate of Death in the middle, & movie theater building...
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The Gate of Death is the arched opening
in the wall to the right of the Commandant's house. You can see the high...
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Closeup of statue
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Eastern Europe
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