A Jewish female prisoner works as a nurse in a clinic in the Hamburger caserne in Theresienstadt. The photograph was taken in connection with the Red Cross visit to Theresienstadt.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 58472

Overview

Caption: A Jewish female prisoner works as a nurse in a clinic in the Hamburger caserne in Theresienstadt. The photograph was taken in connection with the Red Cross visit to Theresienstadt.

Pictured is Augusta Reiterova, the aunt of Helena Hallerova Bisicka. Augusta perished shortly after this photograph was taken.
Date: June 1944
Locale: Theresienstadt, [Bohemia] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale: Terezin
Czech Republic
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Helena Bisicka

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Helena Bisicka

Source Record ID: Collections: 2003.299

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS CONCENTRATION CAMPS HOSPITALS/INFIRMARIES/CLINICS INTERIORS JEWS (CZECH) MEDICAL CARE/NURSES/MEDICS THERESIENSTADT WOMEN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Theresienstadt -- WARTIME -- Propaganda -- Red Cross Visit

Biography: Helena Bisicka (born Helena Hallerova) is the daughter of Oskar Haller and Stefanka Budlovska Hallerova. She was born on April 4, 1924 in Humpolec, where her parents both were salesmen. In 1939 she left Humpolec for Prague and stayed in different locations until she was rounded-up on December 22, 1942 and sent to Theresienstadt. On October 1, 1944 her father was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished. Three days later, Helena, Stefanka and Stefanka's sister, Augusta Reitlerova, were deported to Auschwitz as well. Helena and Stefanka survived, but Augusta perished. Augusta's husband, Otto, and young son, Ivo, also perished in Auschwitz. Stefanka's father, Zigmund Budlovsky, perished in Treblinka.