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Zur Typologie des Theresienstädter Konzentrationslagers
On the Typology of the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp

Author(s): Miroslav Kárný
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: concentration camp; Theresienstadt; typology; Nazis; propaganda;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the Terezín concentration camp-ghetto and the purpose it served in the course of the Nazi genocide. It also specifies the main features of the camp (a reception camp with the function of decimating mainly old prisoners, it helped to conceal the crime of genocide and served Nazi propaganda, etc.).

  • Issue Year: XVII/1981
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 3-14
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: German