"After passing through beautiful Dresden on route from Berlin, a tour of the Terezin Memorial, a Gestapo Police Prison, was our introduction to the Czech Republic. It was unfortunat ..."
"Terezin, about an hour north of Prague, was a military fortress during the Hapsburg years; however, because of its natural fortifications, Heydrich and Hitler turned it into a Jewi ..."
"An hour north of Prague, this was a very interesting and disturbing visit to this special Austrian fortress from pre-Czech Republic days, named for Empress Maria Teresa and built i ..."
"As Hitler transported tens of thousands of communal objects to Prague, their owners were rounded up and shipped first to a city built Northwest of Prague in 1780 by Joseph II. Iron ..."
"It was a cold day when we arrived @ Terezin Concetation Camp. It was my first visit to a concentration camp so I did not know what to expect. There was a very large grave yard near ..."
"After seeing the glam and classiness of Prague, let's see the desolation and abandon of a city with a harsh past. Terezin was a concentration camp for Czech Jews. Roughly 3300 ..."