Media Essay
Czechoslovakia - Photograph
Stateless Jewish refugees at a tent camp between Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Stateless Jewish refugees at the Mischdorf tent camp along the Slovak-Hungarian border, following the First Vienna Award which gave a sector of southern Slovakia to Hungary. Local Jews were accused of supporting the Hungarian claim, were driven across the border, then back again, then were forced to live for weeks in an open field. November 1938.
Item ViewGerman troops march into the town square of Friedland
In the aftermath of the Munich agreement, which turned the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia over to Germany, German troops march into the town square of Friedland. October 3, 1938.
Item ViewDeportation of Jews from Dunaszerdahely
Scene during the deportation of Jews from Dunaszerdahely, in the part of Czechoslovakia ceded to Hungary in 1938. Photograph taken in 1944.
Item ViewThe Aigner family of Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia
The Aigner family of Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia. The town was occupied by Hungary. Laszlo (Leslie) Aigner (standing, back) survived the Auschwitz camp; his mother (seated) and sister Marika (standing, right) were gassed there. May 1944.
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View of buildings in the Sered concentration camp in Slovakia, 1941–44.
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Jewish inmates at forced labor in the Vyhne concentration camp in Slovakia, 1941–44.
Item ViewNovaky camp
Entrance to the Novaky labor camp in Slovakia, 1942–44.
Item ViewDeportation from the Lodz ghetto to the Chelmno killing center
Jewish deportees from Luxembourg, Austria, and Czechoslovakia during deportation from the Lodz ghetto to the Chelmno killing center. Lodz, Poland, 1942.
Item ViewDeportation of Jews from Plzen
Deportation of Jews from Plzen (Pilsen) to Theresienstadt. The building in the background is the town theater. Czechoslovakia, 1942.
Item ViewDeportation of Jews from Stropkov
Deportation of Slovak Jews. Stropkov, Czechoslovakia, May 21, 1942.
Item ViewJews at the railroad station before deportation
Jews at the railroad station before deportation. Puchov, Czechoslovakia, March 1942. (Source record ID: E39 Nr.2447/8)
Item ViewDeportation of Jews from Prague
Jews deported from Prague, Czechoslovakia, move their belongings through the streets of the Lodz ghetto in occupied Poland. November 20, 1941.
Item ViewPreparing food in Theresienstadt
Preparation of food outside a barracks in Theresienstadt. Photograph taken after liberation. Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia, June–August 1945.
Item ViewCzech Jews are deported from Bauschovitz to Theresienstadt ghetto.
Czech Jews are deported from Bauschovitz to Theresienstadt ghetto. Czechoslovakia, between 1941 and 1943.
Item ViewProperty confiscated from deported Jews
Property confiscated from deported Jews is stacked in a synagogue. Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1941–45.
Item ViewA Jewish boy wearing the compulsory Star of David
This photograph shows a Jewish boy wearing the compulsory Star of David. Prague, Czechoslovakia, between September 1941 and December 1944.
Item ViewAdolf Hitler reviews German troops in Prague
Adolf Hitler reviews his troops at Prague castle on the day of the occupation. Prague, Czechoslovakia, March 15, 1939.
Item ViewDeportation of Slovak Jews
Deportation of Slovak Jews. The victims wear tags and are escorted by Slovak guards. Czechoslovakia, ca. 1942.
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