Small Fortress (Terezín)
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The Small Fortress is a fortress forming a significant part of the town of Terezín in the Czech Republic. The former military fortress was established at the end of the 18th century together with the
Entrance to the Small Fortress
Place of executions in the Small Fortress
Theresienstadt Ghetto
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Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the exterminat
Small Fortress (Terezín)
…as a prison for the Prague Gestapo from 10 June 1940 until May 1945. It was the largest prison in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Unlike the Terezín Ghetto, where the Jews were imprisoned, the Small Fortress served as a prison for the political opponents of the Nazi German regime, Czech resistance members…
Bedřich Fritta's drawing of the barracks
Buildings in Theresienstadt, 1909 postcard
Theresienstadt prisoner Bedřich Fritta's drawing of a funeral
The Białystok children, drawn by Theresienstadt prisoner Otto Ungar