The last days of the war in the Small Fortress Terezín
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, completely exhausted and lousy, most of them unable to walk. The wagons with the dead remained at the station
in Bohušovice nad Ohří. Then came the transport of the prisoners, who were scattered in different places and caught. They were also ill
and lousy. Other transports passed through Bohušovice nad Ohří and Lovosice. The prisoners who tried to escape were shot. Prisoners
from the so-called "death marches" were accepted in Litoměřice. A similar influx of new internees was in Terezín - a city called the Nazi ghetto.
According to Hohaus' testimony, Jockel was still going to Prague in the last days of the war and sought refuge in Saxony. At the end of April
is already showing nervousness between SS guards in Terezin.
Although Berlin is in the power of the Red Army, Hitler commits suicide on May 1, that the end of the war can be expected every hour, even though the SS guards themselves expect it, and that they themselves are trying to rescue the alibi on May 2 , on the same day that the auxiliary is worthlessly behind the gate of the Small Fortress
Czech medical expedition, 53 prisoners for mass execution. Note, in the 1950 book, there are 57 prisoners.
To this execution, he was ordered by K. H. Frank himself. It was originally the execution of 70 people.
After the execution, ie between May 2 and May 5, dozens of prisoners die on typhus every day. No one in the fort knows
whether there will be further executions. The pressure is being exerted by imprisoned doctors. Under their pressure, they are finally on May 5 at 9 am
Jockel, by telephone, asks the Prague Gestapo Criminal Council Schulze if he can allow medical assistance
action on IV. courtyard. Schulze answers how he used to always do, and with all that Jockel waits to come to the fort
alone and then decide.
However, Schulze did not come, but on the contrary, a telephone operator from the German headquarters in Terezin reported that the telephone connections were interrupted,
that the war ended and added: "Wir hauen ab ...............". The head of the Gestapo of Gestapo, Harald Diessmann, also stopped in the Small Fortress
arrived from the Eastern Front and said the queue in Silesia was broken. Hohaus had already changed into civilian clothes.
There was a tense expectation of what would be in the Small Fortress. Jockel, full of confusion, took a drink and was unable to decide.
Finally, after lunch, the guards themselves started to open the cells, left the prison yards and quickly began to escape.
The I Court prisoners then went to Jockel and asked him to give them confirmation that the fortress had been handed over to the prisoners at rest.
and order that prisoners might not be extradited to some retaliatory action by retreating Nazi armies. So far Schmidt was looking for
for Nazis cars to escape. One car was lent to him by the Czech Red Cross, who also confirmed to the Nazis that they were not ill
tyfem. The guard section marched quickly to Litoměřice and on Friday 5 May after 7 pm, Jockel left the Fortress with all the guards and families.
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, completely exhausted and lousy, most of them unable to walk. The wagons with the dead remained at the station
in Bohušovice nad Ohří. Then came the transport of the prisoners, who were scattered in different places and caught. They were also ill
and lousy. Other transports passed through Bohušovice nad Ohří and Lovosice. The prisoners who tried to escape were shot. Prisoners
from the so-called "death marches" were accepted in Litoměřice. A similar influx of new internees was in Terezín - a city called the Nazi ghetto.
According to Hohaus' testimony, Jockel was still going to Prague in the last days of the war and sought refuge in Saxony. At the end of April
is already showing nervousness between SS guards in Terezin.
Although Berlin is in the power of the Red Army, Hitler commits suicide on May 1, that the end of the war can be expected every hour, even though the SS guards themselves expect it, and that they themselves are trying to rescue the alibi on May 2 , on the same day that the auxiliary is worthlessly behind the gate of the Small Fortress
Czech medical expedition, 53 prisoners for mass execution. Note, in the 1950 book, there are 57 prisoners.
To this execution, he was ordered by K. H. Frank himself. It was originally the execution of 70 people.
After the execution, ie between May 2 and May 5, dozens of prisoners die on typhus every day. No one in the fort knows
whether there will be further executions. The pressure is being exerted by imprisoned doctors. Under their pressure, they are finally on May 5 at 9 am
Jockel, by telephone, asks the Prague Gestapo Criminal Council Schulze if he can allow medical assistance
action on IV. courtyard. Schulze answers how he used to always do, and with all that Jockel waits to come to the fort
alone and then decide.
However, Schulze did not come, but on the contrary, a telephone operator from the German headquarters in Terezin reported that the telephone connections were interrupted,
that the war ended and added: "Wir hauen ab ...............". The head of the Gestapo of Gestapo, Harald Diessmann, also stopped in the Small Fortress
arrived from the Eastern Front and said the queue in Silesia was broken. Hohaus had already changed into civilian clothes.
There was a tense expectation of what would be in the Small Fortress. Jockel, full of confusion, took a drink and was unable to decide.
Finally, after lunch, the guards themselves started to open the cells, left the prison yards and quickly began to escape.
The I Court prisoners then went to Jockel and asked him to give them confirmation that the fortress had been handed over to the prisoners at rest.
and order that prisoners might not be extradited to some retaliatory action by retreating Nazi armies. So far Schmidt was looking for
for Nazis cars to escape. One car was lent to him by the Czech Red Cross, who also confirmed to the Nazis that they were not ill
tyfem. The guard section marched quickly to Litoměřice and on Friday 5 May after 7 pm, Jockel left the Fortress with all the guards and families.
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