![Deportation of Jews from Plzen. Czechoslovakia, 1942. [LCID: 77482b]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/84bc125c-e6d7-4cc6-9a3b-e758d2cf337c.jpeg)
Jews in the Czech city of Plzeň during their transport to the Theresienstadt (Terezín) ghetto in January 1942. The building in the background is a gymnastics facility and event space, belonging to the Sokol movement. Jews in Plzeň were detained there before their transport.
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