Title: My years in Theresienstadt : how one woman survived the Holocaust /
Authors: Spies, Gerty, 1897-1997; Tragnitz, Jutta R.
Publisher: Prometheus Books,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Spies, Gerty,; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) Biography.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Germany Personal narratives; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Czechoslovakia Personal narratives; Jewish authors Germany Biography.; Germany Ethnic relations.
Abstract: Theresienstadt, located in Czechoslovakia, was a peculiar concentration camp. It was publicized as a retirement city, a place for privileged and prominent Jews to sit out the war. In reality, it was a collection point, a Schleuse or "sluice," for arriving and departing transports, most of them destined for Auschwitz. Prisoners suffered from disease, starvation, exhaustion, overcrowding, and the persistent threat of deportation. Between 1941 and 1945, about 33,000 people died in Theresienstadt of disease and malnutrition, while about 88,000 were transported to the death camps in the East.