![A scene staged by the Nazis for the International Red Cross inspection of the Theresienstadt ghetto. [LCID: 73362c]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/d1060a22-4ba6-4691-bbfe-55cdabcf2c6a.jpeg)
A photograph of a crowd in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) ghetto. The people pictured were probably watching a soccer match. The photo was taken on June 23, 1944, by a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during an official visit.
Nazi authorities carefully choreographed and staged the visit to give the international visitors a false picture of life in the ghetto. The Nazis’ goal was to trick the delegation into believing that conditions in Theresienstadt were good and to try to cover up the mass murder of Europe’s Jews.
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