Blogs from Terezín, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 2

Today we planned for Terezin (Theresienstadt) concentration camp. Cheery subject, eh? Neither one of us has ever been to a concentration camp, so this would be interesting. Terezin is reached by bus, so immediately after breakfast we headed to the main bus station, Florenc, to figure out how to get to Terezin. It turns out, buying a bus ticket to Terezin is relatively easy (probably because so many tourists want to go each day - our bus ended up being packed and only a few were locals headed to different towns along the way), but riding the bus is a bit more expensive than riding the train (although slightly less expensive than driving would be if we had a car). The bus was nice, more like a tour bus than a stinky Greyhound. It was a ... read more

Today was our visit to Terezin. All ten of us from Mizzou went. For a little background, Terezin was a Gestapo Police Prison during World War II under the Nazis. Most inmates included people resisting the Nazi regime. This prison served as mostly a stop-over, as most prisoners were later sent to Nazi courts, other prisons, or concentration camps. While the Jews were not the only group of people here, they were treated the harshest. Terezin served as the "model Jewish town," a place that the Nazis would show off to international groups as propaganda. It was very hard to believe that a place that killed over 10,000 people was one of the "good" concentration camps. We took a bus to Terezin, and the bus station was a little bit of an adventure. We wanted to ... read more