Terezin

I had heard a lot about Terezin when I took a tour of the Jewish Quarter in Prague. Supposedly, it was the Nazis' PR camp, and it had better conditions than the other camps. There were arts and theater programs, and perhaps a little more food.

But when I walked through these gates and saw the place, the cells, the crematorium, the execution sites, I found it to be very depressing. If this was among the best they could offer, I could not imagine what it would be like when I visited one of the more horrifying camps, which I planned to do before I left Europe.


The lie posted in every camp: "Work makes you free."






THE TRUTH... The site of mass graves.

Site of the firing squad.







NO PHOTOS PLEASE. I believe I can say with authority that Jirka felt pretty depressed here too.


Bodies recovered form the mass gravesite were reburied here with a little more dignity.