Theresienstadt

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elsewhere with the rise and spread of anti-Semitism. The Jews wanting to enter merely had to sign a contract turning over all remaining assets and property to the S. S, and in return the S. S pledged to take care of them as long as they inhabited .
was un-like any other ghetto in the fact that Hitler planed to use the ghetto as a “model” ghetto. It was a model that was supposed to represent all the ghettos set up across Europe. was a place the Nazis and Hitler showed to comfort and reassure the world as to the overall treatment of the Jews. It was a ploy to try to cover up the real horrors and massacres of the Jews that were breaking out across Europe. was a ghetto designed to divert all attention away from the dying and suffering, Hitler wanted to hide the truth from the world and create a hoax. With thousands of Jews being transported and murdered, among them were people who would be recognized and missed in communities. These were people that were famous; ...

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scenes were set up outside playgrounds and in houses to show how, humanely the Jews were being treated. Afterward Hitler invited the Red Cross to view the town. What the Red Cross didn’t know was that merely two weeks before, over five thousand Jews were deported to the concentration camps in the East so that the city would appear less crowded.
Hitler succeeded in two things with Theresiensadt; one he fooled the world with his well-planned hoax and propagation film, making people believe the Jews were treated humanely. The other success was, that he kept as close to a ghetto in the sense that still fit the purpose and definition; to kill off as many Jews as quickly and ...

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