Hertha Josias Family Collection 1940-1947
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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...
Josias, Hertha (nee Selig)
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Hertha Josias sent her daughters Hannelore and Inge to Sweden in 1939. She wrote to them, first from her home in Hamburg, and later from Theresienstadt, after her deportation in 1942. She perished in Auschwitz in 1944. Her mother, Rosalie Selig, survived. From the guide to the Hertha Josias Family Collection, 1940-1947, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...
