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Terezín is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The town is located on the Ohře River, in the Lower Ohře Table.
Town square with the Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Havlíčkova Street
Gate with the slogan Arbeit macht frei in the Small Fortress
Jewish cemetery
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
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…October 1780 and lasted ten years. During the construction, in 1782, Theresienstadt became a free royal town. The fortress consisted of a citadel, the "Small Fortress", to the east of the Ohře, and a walled town, the "Main Fortress", to the west. The total area of the fortress was 3.89 km2 (1.50 mi2). In peacetime…
Entrance to the Small Fortress
Place of executions in the Small Fortress