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Group portrait of Czech political prisoners interned in Theresienstadt who were put to work felling trees.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 42522

Group portrait of Czech political prisoners interned in Theresienstadt who were put to work felling trees.

Among those pictured is Oskar Bartolsic.

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of Czech political prisoners interned in Theresienstadt who were put to work felling trees.

Among those pictured is Oskar Bartolsic.
Date: 1941
Locale: Theresienstadt, [Bohemia] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale: Terezin
Czech Republic
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Oskar Bartolsic

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Oskar Bartolsic

Keywords & Subjects

Keyword: CONCENTRATION CAMPS CZECHS FORCED LABOR/BRIGADES GROUP PORTRAITS PRISONERS THERESIENSTADT
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Theresienstadt -- WARTIME -- Forced Labor/Factories

Administrative Notes

Biography: Oskar Bartolsic was born in Breclav, Moravia on July 23, 1920. He studied in the Technical University in Prague and was arrested along with other students at the funeral of Josef Opletal on November 15, 1939. He was sent first to the Pankrac prison, the Prague Karlovo Namesti prison and then to Theresienstadt in June 1940. He remained there until December 1942 when he was among the last Czech students released through the help of Czech president Dr. Emil Hacha.

Record last modified:: 2001-05-31 00:00:00
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