Terezin Concentration Camp
In the Terezin Concentration Camp tour, you will visit a place that bore silent witness to events that few could imagine today!
Like the entire fortified town, the Small Fortress in Terezín was built at the end of the 18th century. Terezin originated as a defence against the Prussian forces during the Prussian-Austrian War. Following their occupation of Czechoslovakia the Nazis soon noticed the suitability of the Small Fortress and indeed the whole of Terezín for their inhuman plans.
The fortress, encircled by massive ramparts, stands at the confluence of the Labe and Ohře rivers. Though once modern, Terezín’s Main and Lesser Fortresses eventually became obsolete and lost their military function.
In the relatively recent past, Terezin Concentration Camp once again entered the world’s public consciousness as a tragic symbol of the sufferings of the tens of thousands of innocent people who died here during the Nazi occupation of their homeland. After Hitler’s occupation of Czechoslovakia, the Nazis recognised the “advantages” of the Lesser Fortress, and in June 1940 opened a police prison within it.
Czech and Moravian patriots, along with resistance members, were imprisoned here by the Gestapo. Most inmates were Czechs and Slovaks, but others included Soviets, Poles, Yugoslavs, French, Italians, and British POWs. Over five years, 32,000 people passed through the Lesser Fortress, many en route to courts or concentration camps. Today, it is part of the Terezin Memorial. Contact us.
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