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Terezín
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Terezín (German: Theresienstadt) is the name of a former military fortress and garrison town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
In the late 18th century the Austrian Empire erected the fortress near the confluence of the Labe and Ohře Rivers, and named it after the Austrian empress Maria Theresia.
Construction started in 1780 and lasted ten years. The total area of the fortress was 3.89 km². The fortification was designed in the tradition of Sébastian le Prestre de Vauban. In peacetime it held 5,655 soldiers, and in wartime around 11,000 soldiers could be placed here, and neighbouring areas could be inundated. Fortress Josefov in eastern Bohemia was built at the same time and had a similar purpose.
The fortess was never active during wartime. During the second half of the 19th century it was used as a prison.
During World War I, the fortress was used as a prisoner-of-war camp. Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife, starting the war, died there of tuberculosis in 1918.
During WWII, the Gestapo used Terezín as a concentration camp. About 144,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt, and about 33,000 of them died there, mostly because of the appalling conditions (hunger, stress, disease, and the typhus epidemic at the very end of the war). About 88,000 were deported to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. When the war finished, there were a mere 19,000 survivors.
Part of the fortification (Small Fortress) served as the largest Gestapo prison in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, separated from the ghetto. Around 90,000 people went through it, and 2,600 of those died there.
After the war, Theresienstadt was resurrected as Terezín, still retaining a military garrison. The army left the city in 1996, which had a negative impact on the local economy. Terezín is still trying to decouple from its military past and become a modern, vibrant town. The city was damaged by floods in 2002 (see pictures).
Terezín is noted for its production of furniture and knitwear as well as for manufacturing.
In the late 18th century the Austrian Empire erected the fortress near the confluence of the Labe and Ohře Rivers, and named it after the Austrian empress Maria Theresia.
Construction started in 1780 and lasted ten years. The total area of the fortress was 3.89 km². The fortification was designed in the tradition of Sébastian le Prestre de Vauban. In peacetime it held 5,655 soldiers, and in wartime around 11,000 soldiers could be placed here, and neighbouring areas could be inundated. Fortress Josefov in eastern Bohemia was built at the same time and had a similar purpose.
The fortess was never active during wartime. During the second half of the 19th century it was used as a prison.
During World War I, the fortress was used as a prisoner-of-war camp. Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife, starting the war, died there of tuberculosis in 1918.
During WWII, the Gestapo used Terezín as a concentration camp. About 144,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt, and about 33,000 of them died there, mostly because of the appalling conditions (hunger, stress, disease, and the typhus epidemic at the very end of the war). About 88,000 were deported to Auschwitz and other extermination camps. When the war finished, there were a mere 19,000 survivors.
Part of the fortification (Small Fortress) served as the largest Gestapo prison in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, separated from the ghetto. Around 90,000 people went through it, and 2,600 of those died there.
After the war, Theresienstadt was resurrected as Terezín, still retaining a military garrison. The army left the city in 1996, which had a negative impact on the local economy. Terezín is still trying to decouple from its military past and become a modern, vibrant town. The city was damaged by floods in 2002 (see pictures).
Terezín is noted for its production of furniture and knitwear as well as for manufacturing.
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