Aug 18, 2009 - Family History III: Terezín

Today's daytrip was to Terezín. ... The key mission of the Terezín Memorial, the only institution of its kind in the Czech Republic, is to commemorate the victims of the Nazi political and racial persecution during the occupation of the Czech lands in World War II, to promote museum, research and educational activities, and look after the memorial sites connected with the suffering and death of dozens of thousands of victims of violence. ... I took a tour of Terezín – available in many global languages, including Czech and English. ... I don’t know how hard they made you work, how long you were kept at Terezín or if you were the sort that would have ever incurred time in solitary. ... jpg>