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The Theresienstadt (Terezín) Ghetto

During the Holocaust, the Theresienstadt (Terezín) ghetto was a site of imprisonment for more than 140,000 Jews. Theresienstadt played several important roles in the Nazis’ persecution and murder of Jews. It simultaneously served as a transit ghetto and an old-age ghetto. In 1944, the Nazis used Theresienstadt as a deceptive propaganda tool to trick international observers.