The Terezin Jewish ghetto along the Ohre river

View of Terezin ghetto (the Large Fortress) along the Ohre river. Unlike the Small Fortress used as a prison, the fortified town of Terezin was transformed into a Jewish ghetto. The original buildings of the Habsburg town housed up to 60,000 Jews from across Europe. The Nazis used Terezin for propaganda, presenting it as a model settlement, while in reality it was a transit point to extermination camps.

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