Ray Chimerane papers, 1969.

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Ray Chimerane papers, 1969.

Correspondence between Professor Dr. Richard Feder and Ray Chimerane on the history of the community of Havlíčkův Brod (Czech Republic) and the fate of the members of its Jewish community. Feder was the chief rabbi of Bohemia (1969), and a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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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...

Chimerane, Ray

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Feder, Richard, 1875-1970

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