Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia 1939-1944

Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

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On June 10, 1940, the Gestapo took control of Terezìn (Theresienstadt), a fortress, built in 1780-1790 in what is now the Czech Republic, and set up prison in the Small Fortress (Kleine Festung). By 24 November 1941, the Main Fortress (grosse Festung, ie the town Theresienstadt) was turned into a walled ghetto. The function of Theresienstadt was to provide a front for the extermination operation of Jews. To the outside it was presented by the Nazis as a model Jewish settlement, but in reality it...

Feuereisen Walter Chief medical officer of the Jewish community fl 1940

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Gerda Meyer (nèe Stein) left Prague by plane with 19 other Jewish children under the guardianship of Trevor Chadwick, who established a home for refugee children in Swanage, Dorset. Her parents, originally from Karlsbad, write to her from Prague and later (her father) from Lwow (Lemberg). Whilst his fate is not known - he was last heard of by Gerda in June 1940 in Lemberg, he is said to have died in a Russian camp near Moscow, her mother, Erna, died at Auschwitz. Dr Eric...

Lodz ghetto, Poland

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Mayer Gerda fl 1940

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Springer Erich b 1908

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Mayer, Gerda Springer, Erich, b 1908

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Gerda Meyer (nèe Stein) left Prague by plane with 19 other Jewish children under the guardianship of Trevor Chadwick, who established a home for refugee children in Swanage, Dorset. Her parents, originally from Karlsbad, write to her from Prague and later (her father) from Lwow (Lemberg). Whilst his fate is not known - he was last heard of by Gerda in June 1940 in Lemberg, he is said to have died in a Russian camp near Moscow, her mother, Erna, died at Auschwitz. Dr Eric...