Gate of Death

Terezín

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July 21st 2007
Saturday morning was our last in Berlin, with only time to pack and make the trek back to Alexanderplatz with our backpacks for another early morning bus departure, this time with Prague as the final destination. We made a stop in the Czech town of Terezín on the way, where we were given a guided tour of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, a Nazi concentration camp which was used to hold milit ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more