The Jerusalem Post

Deri mourns at Theresiens­tadt on official visit to Czech Republic

- • By YVETTE J. DEANE

Interior Minister Arye Deri visited the Theresiens­tadt concentrat­ion camp on Sunday during his official visit to the Czech Republic.

“The Nazis were exterminat­ed, and Israel is alive!,” Deri said as he explained the importance of his visit as an Israeli minister in Theresiens­tadt.

“The Lord will avenge the blood of all the Jews and of all the children who were murdered,” Deri wrote in the guest-book.

Theresiens­tadt, built in the town of Terezín, was a stop for many Jews to larger exterminat­ion camps. It also served as a ruse to fool King Christian X of Denmark, the Red Cross and others of the terrible conditions and the atrocities the Nazis committed against the Jews.

The Nazis even forced Rafael Schächter, a famous pianist, to perform during for the Red Cross during their visit.

Some 33,000 people died in Theresiens­tadt, mainly because of the conditions, while about 88,000 passed though Theresiens­tadt before being deported to exterminat­ion camps.

 ?? (Courtesy) ?? INTERIOR MINISTER Arye Deri visits the Theresiens­tadt concentrat­ion camp yesterday.
(Courtesy) INTERIOR MINISTER Arye Deri visits the Theresiens­tadt concentrat­ion camp yesterday.

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