Surviving Theresienstadt: A Teenager's Memoir of the Holocaust

by Vera Schiff

Book Overview

After the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia in 1939, Vera Schiff and her family were sent to Theresienstadt. Touted as the "model ghetto" for propaganda purposes, as well as to deceive Red Cross inspectors, it was in fact a holding camp for famous Jews--in case the world was to inquire. For most, however, it was the last stop on the way to the gas chambers. Those "lucky" enough to remain alive faced slave labor, starvation and disease.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147668555X
• ISBN13: 9781476685557
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"