Concentration camp Theresienstadt

Concentration camp Theresienstadt was a concentration camp set up by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic).

Small Fortress

Small Fortress (Malá pevnost in Czech, Kleine Festung in German) was part of the fortification on left side of river Oh?e. Since 1940, Gestapo used it as prison (the largest one in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia). It was separate and unrelated to the Jewish ghetto in the main fortress on the river's right side. Around 90,000 of people arrived there and were usually sent to a concentration camp later. 2,600 people were executed, starved, or succumbed to disease there.

Related Topics:
Oh?e - Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

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