Terezín Concentration Camp (Theresienstadt)
- Address:Principova alej 304 , Terezín
- Hours:Open daily. Winter 8am - 4:30pm, Summer 8am - 6pm. Closed Dec 24 - 26 and Jan 1
- Admission:Adults: CZK 160, Children (6-18yrs): CZK 130
7:08 PM Sunday, May 27
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Terezín started life as a fortress town, built to protect Bohemia from Prussian attacks. But it's more familiar in the public imagination as Theresienstadt, the so-called 'Paradise Camp' used by the Nazis as a transit camp during WWII. It was at the Terezín Concentration Camp that many of the victims of the Holocaust were held while they awaited the journey to Auschwitz and Treblinka.
Terezín was used as a show camp by the SS to dupe foreign observers into thinking that all was well. But all was far from well. Although there were no mass exterminations, no gas chambers, prisoners were worked and punished without mercy, and many thousands died here.
The camp is now a memorial to the people who suffered in it. There is a museum devoted to its history and collections of the prisoners' art works, letters, photographs and memoirs.
This was an excellent tour, very informative and interesting. It was very sad to see all the artwork of the children (and others in the ghetto) and to imagine what life must have been like for them,and knowing that most did not survive.The prison was even more confronting.The small tour group size provided lots of opportunities for asking questions.
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My guide was excellent. She really worked hard to make sure that we understood, had enough time to see, and saw everything available. She was well connected and was so easy to understand and listen to. I would go on this again. This was well done for me.
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Terezin is about an hour's journey by bus from Prague. The buses leave from Florenc station.
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