Theresienstadt concentration camp

  • I always found it hard to understand why the Nazis kept the shoes of those they murdered. Of all clothing items, shoes are the most personal. Even today you don’t go to a shoe shop and just pick a pair of the shelves. You sit down and you fit them first to see if they

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  • Holocaust Testimonies

    There are millions of Holocaust stories I could write, but none will be as powerful as the testimonies of those who survived the darkest era. Following are some of those testimonies. Written by Zdeněk and Jiří Steiner, born 20. 5. 1929 in Prague, residents of Prague, former prisoners in the concentration camps of Theresienstadt and

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  • They did not like my smile; at least, I don’t think they did. Why else do they hate me so much? They did not like my smile, but I couldn’t help it, I’m a child, and I am supposed to be happy and cheerful. They didn’t like my kind, but I didn’t understand I was

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