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Id no. 2269.90, Artwork

April 04 1943, Terezin, Theresienstadt, Bohemia

Created by:  Helga Weissova

Subject(s):  Culture, Children, Deportations, Visual arts

Deported from Prague to Terezin in 1941, at age 12, Helga Weissova spent almost three years creating drawings that showed the true conditions in the Ghetto. This scene shows a Czech guard escorting deportees while Jewish police restrain the crowd saying goodbye. For most, Terezin was a transit stop on the way to Auschwitz-Birkenau.