Czech Republic Guide
North Bohemia
Terezín
The old road from Prague to Berlin passes through the fortress town of TEREZÍN (Theresienstadt), just over 60km northwest of the capital. Built in the 1780s by the Habsburgs to defend the northern border against Prussia, it was capable of accommodating 14,500 soldiers and hundreds of prisoners. In 1941 the population was ejected and the whole town turned into a Jewish ghetto, and used as a transit camp for Jews whose final destination was Auschwitz. Today, Terezín is an eerie, soulless place, built to a dour eighteenth-century grid plan, its bare streets empty apart from the residual civilian population and visitors making their way between the various museums and memorials.
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