Ordinary Life – Traces of Everyday Life in the Ghetto

Ordinary Life – Traces of Everyday Life in the Ghetto

Traces of Everyday Life in the Ghetto How did prisoners live in the ghetto? What did their living spaces look like? How were their rooms furnished? Numerous traces and vestiges still found in Terezin provide answers. Often, only after a closer look do the historical...
Messages From the Past – Poterne III

Messages From the Past – Poterne III

  Messages From the Past – Poterne III After decades of military use, after debris was cleared and the fortress gate Poterne III* was finally open in 2005, countless graffiti (stone wall carvings) that had been carved into the sandstone came to light. Among these...
An Attic Full of Stories – L 237

An Attic Full of Stories – L 237

  An Attic Full of Stories – L 237 It is hard to imagine that this small attic room had to be shared by as many as three people. Prisoners, therefore, became resourceful, and even creative, when setting up their cramped abodes. Through their wall drawings and...