Terezin

         Terezin  is the name of an old military fortress. This fortress was used as a prison for war prisoners during World War I. During World War II, the nazi's  used Terezin as a concentration camp. This place wasn't a torture camp, but many Jews died at Terezin. Between 1941 and 1945, 140,000 Jews were sent to Terezin. 33,000 of them died there. 88,000 were sent to extermination camps. By the time that Terezin was no longer in use, 19,000 Jews were either freed, or sent to neutral countries of the war.

A Jewish Graveyard

        

A Bird's eye view of Terezin

          

                                                                                                    














                    After seeing these pictures and reading articles, I feel somewhat depressed. I can't imagine what it would have been like to be one of the Jews to be sent there. I probably will never visit this place, seeing how many people died here.