Terezin Small Fortress
Terezin Small Fortress
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Terezin Small Fortress, located in the Czech Republic, was established in the late 18th century as a military stronghold. Initially designed to protect against Prussian invasions. During Nazi occupation it became a Gestapo prison, imprisoning political prisoners, including resistance fighters and Jews. Its dark history is reflected in the haunting architecture, including stone walls and guard towers.
Today, Terezin Small Fortress serves as a memorial and museum, educating visitors about its past and honoring the lives lost within its confines.
Terezin Small Fortress
September ??, 2022
Entrance, as it was when the SS commanded it. After you enter you turn to the left to registration.
Registration Area
Into the prison "ARBEIT MACH FREI" - "work sets you free". work gives you life. If you can't work they kill you. The Gate of Death greeted prisoners at the execution courtyard that was a former shooting range. While a few prisoners were hanged, most were shot by a firing squad. Some 250 to 300 people were executed at the small fortress. Mass graves have been unearthed near the execution site.
The Begining And The End
The cell of Gavrilo Princip with his image.
Gavrilo Princip, was a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and his wife Sophie, Duchess von Hohenberg in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. This event led to WW1. He was imprisoned in the Small Fortress of Terezin and eventually died of tuberculosis, weighing only 40 kilograms at his time of death.
Tunnels
Entrance
Executions
Execution courtyard that was a former shooting range. While a few prisoners were hanged, most were shot by a firing squad. Some 250 to 300 people were executed at the small fortress. Mass graves have been unearthed near the execution site.
Tunnell prisoners were brought from to be executed.
Shooting Wall
Gallows
Execution Area
A bronze sculpture consisting of the figures of two standing men, three standing women, one holding a child, and one reclining man, all larger than life size. The statue was placed in this place in 2009. The statue has no name and its author is Ladislav Chochole.
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