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Yad Vashem is open to the general public, free of charge. All visits to Yad Vashem must be reserved in advance.

Theresienstadt

Theresienstadt, established as a ghetto and transit camp in 1941, was presented as a model Jewish settlement for propaganda purposes. Despite congestion, hunger and forced labor, educational and cultural activities abounded. 35,440 Jews died in the ghetto and 88,000 were deported.

Children in the Theresienstadt ghetto photographed by the Red Cross on June 23, 1944 during their visit in the ghetto
Children in the Theresienstadt ghetto photographed by the Red Cross on June 23, 1944 during their visit in the ghetto

Children in the Theresienstadt ghetto photographed by the Red Cross on June 23, 1944 during their visit in the ghetto
A main thoroughfare in the Theresienstadt ghetto
A main thoroughfare in the Theresienstadt ghetto

A main thoroughfare in the Theresienstadt ghetto
The Theresienstadt Orchestra
The Theresienstadt Orchestra

The Theresienstadt Orchestra
Arrival of a transport of Jews from Holland to Theresienstadt on January 20, 1944
Arrival of a transport of Jews from Holland to Theresienstadt on January 20, 1944

Arrival of a transport of Jews from Holland to Theresienstadt on January 20, 1944
Burial of bodies in a mass grave in Theresienstadt in 1941
Burial of bodies in a mass grave in Theresienstadt in 1941

Standing on the right is author and journalist František Kraus. Kraus survived the Holocaust.

Burial of bodies in a mass grave in Theresienstadt in 1941