![Jacob Edelstein, chairman of the Jewish council in Theresienstadt. [LCID: 77557]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a8b94056-19c1-4125-8baa-3e618e41caf4.jpg)
Jacob Edelstein, presidente del consejo judío de Theresienstadt. Fue deportado y fusilado en Auschwitz en 1944. Theresienstadt, Checoslovaquia, 1942–1943.
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