Photograph of Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1945 May 7.

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Photograph of Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1945 May 7.

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Photograph of arrival of prisoners from KZ Buchenwald to KZ Terezin, 7 May 1945, taken by the Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz (Swiss Red Cross).

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Holocaust Center of Northern California, Holocaust Library and Research Center

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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...

Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

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Buchenwald concentration camp, one of the largest in Germany with its 130 satellite camps and units, was situated 5 miles north of Weimar in Thüringen. It was established in July 1937 when the first group of 149 mostly political prisoners and criminals was received. Some 238,980 prisoners passed through Buchenwald from 30 countries. 43,005 were killed or perished there....

Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz

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