Terezín existed long before it became a Nazi work camp with a Gestapo prison during World War II. It was built from 1780 to 1790. The camp was liberated in March 8 1945. It was named by Emperor Joseph II, after his mother. During World War II it served as a concentration camp. Terezín was a Gestapo prison from 1941 to 1945. Terezín concentration camp is more than 65 years old.
Today terezín is located in Czech Republic. Before World War II the population was 5,000 Jews .At the height of the war Terezín held 55,000 Jews. In 1945 15,891 people died in Terezín, almost half of the camp's population. More than 155,000 Jews passed through Terezín until it was liberated in March 8 1945. 35,440 perished in ghetto and 88,000 were deported to be …show more content…
It existed for three and a half years as a concentration camp, between November 24, 1941 and May 9, 1945. During its existence, Terezín served three purposes.Its first purpose was to hold Jews during World War II. The second purpose is that it was used as a ghetto-labor camp to which the SS deported and then incarcerated certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews, based on their age,or domestic celebrity in the arts and other cultural life. What happened in Terezín? Terezín was a death camp used by the Nazi. The Jews were attracted by the Nazi propaganda. The slaughtering of Jews happened in a lot of camps including Terezín. Some Jews who tried to escape were sent to other death camps such as Auschwitz. These two camps were the worst death camps during the Holocaust. The Red Cross visited the camp once. Instead of a killer death camp the people inside Terezín but baked goods and other stuff to make Terezín harmless. The Red Cross was asked "how was it at Terezín?" They told the Red Cross to look around and report any problems, but they didn't report anything. The Red Cross responded" the Jews were being treated alright
Today terezín is located in Czech Republic. Before World War II the population was 5,000 Jews .At the height of the war Terezín held 55,000 Jews. In 1945 15,891 people died in Terezín, almost half of the camp's population. More than 155,000 Jews passed through Terezín until it was liberated in March 8 1945. 35,440 perished in ghetto and 88,000 were deported to be …show more content…
It existed for three and a half years as a concentration camp, between November 24, 1941 and May 9, 1945. During its existence, Terezín served three purposes.Its first purpose was to hold Jews during World War II. The second purpose is that it was used as a ghetto-labor camp to which the SS deported and then incarcerated certain categories of German, Austrian, and Czech Jews, based on their age,or domestic celebrity in the arts and other cultural life. What happened in Terezín? Terezín was a death camp used by the Nazi. The Jews were attracted by the Nazi propaganda. The slaughtering of Jews happened in a lot of camps including Terezín. Some Jews who tried to escape were sent to other death camps such as Auschwitz. These two camps were the worst death camps during the Holocaust. The Red Cross visited the camp once. Instead of a killer death camp the people inside Terezín but baked goods and other stuff to make Terezín harmless. The Red Cross was asked "how was it at Terezín?" They told the Red Cross to look around and report any problems, but they didn't report anything. The Red Cross responded" the Jews were being treated alright