Concentration Camp Terezín

First of all, the history behind the camp was it was once a stronghold for Czech and a watchout for attacks from Prussia... but it was soon changed into something inhumane. As you should possibly know, The Holocaust had a main propaganda film to show others these camps were "good" and "pure", and they filmed alot of the film in Terezín... even though it was all a lie. And the places where Jeiwsh were held was nothing like the films. It was terrible to be walking through a portion of this camp where there was a swimming pool that was never used and even BUILT by Jewish women to be used in the film. It was horrible!

Secondly, I would just like to write a blog about my experience in the Concentration Camp Terezín. For those of you who have been through school... like me, and you all know about how you learned about the Holocaust, and you have seen timeless videos about it and many pictures on it, but to actually step in a room half the size of my bedroom, where 60 people were crammed up, having to wait 14 hours for others to die for more room in the bunks, is something another. Walking through rooms where Jewish were held and beaten and fed poorly and starving is awful. My stomach didn't feel too well. The only time I fully cried was when I saw some reddish stains in a room where they would autopsy their body and then cremate them because it was too much work to bury them. We also went to an exhibit outside the camp and it had ALOT of information and there were these large colums that had journal entries and then traslated into english by Jewish children from this camp. The one that touched me the most was, "Mother's who were pregnant either had to kill their babies before they were born, or the babies were "put to sleep" because there was no room for them."
Can you imagine?
I never really thought I would actually walk into a Concentration camp where Jewish were held by the most horrifying man Hitler.
There is really nothing else to say about the experience. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. But this is a topic where you have to talk in person about it. Words cannot express enough of what I was feeling and what it was like.
God bless those who died.

Tak Cau!
-April Ann