Forgotten Transports to Estonia

Verzio FF On 5th of September 1942 a transport arrived in Estonia bearing one thousand Czech Jews. Roughly a hundred women between the ages of 19 and 25 were separated from their families who were taken by bus to another, apparently "heated" concentration camp. The terrified girls soon for...

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Other Authors: Pribyl, Lukas
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Czech
Published: Czech Republic 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:45a10d33-74d3-418c-8446-1ce683f11e38
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Summary:Verzio FF On 5th of September 1942 a transport arrived in Estonia bearing one thousand Czech Jews. Roughly a hundred women between the ages of 19 and 25 were separated from their families who were taken by bus to another, apparently "heated" concentration camp. The terrified girls soon formed various groups in which they gave each other total support. With time they began to act together, like a single, large organism. The optimism. Their instinct for self-preservation urged them to ignore the Holocaust. It was not until 1945, while they were convalescing in Sweden, that they discovered the truth about what happened to their families…
Published:2008