Tag: Thursday 21 November at 6 pm

The view of Terezín as an "old age ghetto"

View of Terezín as an "old-age ghetto" Thursday, 21 November at 6 pm In January 1942, the infamous Wannsee Conference took place, which assigned a new role to the Terezín ghetto - it was to serve as an "old-age ghetto" for Jews from Germany and Austria. In the already harsh conditions of Terezín, the living conditions for the old prisoners were even harsher. The old people, weakened by age and health problems, faced not only totally inadequate food, sanitary deficiencies and poor housing conditions, but also separation from their families and isolation from other prisoners. Radana Rutová's lecture from the Terezín Memorial will focus not only on the living situation and position of the old prisoners within the forced community of the Terezín ghetto, but also on the supportive activities that were intended to alleviate their suffering at least partially. We would like to do so directly in the ongoing exhibition of drawings by Gisela Rottonar, who, when she made her drawings in Terezín, at the age of 69 belonged to this somewhat neglected group of prisoners. Admission is voluntary.