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Terezin Concentration Camp

Terezin Concentration Camp
History Terezin started life as a fortress town built from 1780 to 1790 to protect Bohemia from Prussian attacks. It was named by Emperor Joseph II after his mother, Empress Maria Theresa. Later in the 19th century the fortress also served as a prison to held political prisoners. During World War II it was ghetto-labor camp to which the SS deported and then incarcerated certain categories of German, Austrian and Czech Jews based on their age, disability as a result of past military service or ...
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