Terezin - Small Fortress

Preparation of mass liquidation of prisoners in Terezin I quote from the book The Little Fortress Terezin published as the first publication of this kind in 1950 The Nazis threatened the prisoners of the Small Fortress with another, much more terrifying ending than what happened with the rapid advance of the Red Army. According to the testimony of Jockl, Schmidt and Hohause, it was found out in Prague that the Gestapo had already considered the destruction of the Terezín police prison and the ghetto in the event of the end of the war or retreat in late 1944. Jockel attended several meetings in Prague, made some suggestions and held a meeting with his subordinates. He investigated whether the railways could, for example, dispatch displacement transports for 3,500 prisoners in case of retreat. He also thought that if all the prisoners in the Terezin prison were to be killed by gas, it would be impossible to bury or burn the corpses. Therefore, he thought it would be best to bur...

Burials and crematoriums in Litoměřice and Terezín I quote from the book The Little Fortress Terezin published as the first publication of this kind in 1950 The dead bodies of prisoners, deceased or executed in prison, were deposited, stripped off at the morgue, at the Small Fortress, where they were presented to the police physician on Tuesdays and Fridays for an evening of inspection. The police physician has always been hindered by the examination of the dead in various ways. The official then signed the death certificates issued at the prison office. Exceptionally, the corpses of executed prisoners were taken from the execution site directly to the crematorium in Terezín or in Litoměřice. Originally, the prisoners' dead bodies were placed in crates, and more bodies came into the crate. Later it was wrapped in paper bags, but not even when transported from the scaffold. According to F. Bubák, who told funerals of prisoners who died in Terezín with permission The Gesta...

The last days of the war in the Small Fortress Terezín  I quote from the book The Little Fortress Terezin published as the first publication of this kind in 1950 As early as in April 1945, chaos begins in Terezín, triggered by the approach of the Eastern Front and the retreat measures of the German Army. In the Small Fortress, overcrowding is difficult to manage, complicated by typhoid epidemics and confusion of various orders higher places. At this time, the ghetto commander, Frame, was calling that Auschwitz was on the way to transport prisoners for 11 days without food and with three wagons of the dead, which the police prison is to take and bury the dead. The order was also confirmed by the criminal council of Schulz from the Prague Gestapo. In a moment Schulze then again phoned that K.H. Frank had forbidden to lay down corpses in the "Protectorate," but he ordered the prisoners to take over. He arrived the next day transporting about 250 prisoners, compl...

Jöckl's gang in the Small Fortress Terezín I quote from the book The Little Fortress Terezin published as the first publication of this kind in 1950 Jöckl's gang in the Small Fortress were guards, guards and guards. Jockel was nicknamed a prisoner for the small growth of Pinda. The guardianship service was held here in 1940 until May 1941 by the German police guard, Schuppo - Benewitz, Hohenstein, Marx, SChinke, Grull, and Preuss, and others not identified. Guard officers from the SS were assigned to the guard, and Fritz Feuerlein, who became a guardian, was known for his coarseness. During the year 1941, Gestapo watchmen and members or trainees were assigned to the Small Fortress Supervisory Service SS organizations who had the designation SD (Sicherheitsdienst). Gestapo officials were William Schmidt, Kurt Wachholz, Stephan Rojko, Anton Malloth, Rudolf Burian, Herbert Mende, Theodor Hohaus. Prison attendants were Tomáš Soukup, Fritz Feuerlein, Albert Neubau...