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Group portrait of Czech political prisoners who shared a cell bloc in Theresienstadt.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 42523
Group portrait of Czech political prisoners who shared a cell bloc in Theresienstadt. Oskar Bartolsic is pictured in the front row, second from the left.

Group portrait of Czech political prisoners who shared a cell bloc in Theresienstadt.

Oskar Bartolsic is pictured in the front row, second from the left.

Date
1941
Locale
Theresienstadt, [Bohemia] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale
Terezin
Czech Republic
Photo Designation
MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Theresienstadt -- WARTIME -- Prisoners/Daily Life
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Oskar Bartolsic

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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.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Oskar Bartolsic
 
Record last modified: 2001-05-31 00:00:00
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