Trapped: Essays on the History of the Czech Jews, 1939-1943 - Ruth Bondy

The existing corpus of works that document and research the Terezin ghetto (Theresienstadt) is now supplemented by this unique work.

It addresses special aspects of the ghetto and the history of Czech Jewry, including

• the changing image of the Terezin ghetto;
• the history of the closing gates: the Jewish newspaper in Prague during the occupation years, 1939-1945;
• women in the Terezin ghetto;
• humour as a weapon: songs, skits, cabaret shows, and a satirical newspaper in the Terezin ghetto;
• the status of the “Prominents” in the Terezin ghetto;
• Heinz Prossnitz’ package aid; games in the shadow of the crematoria:
• the children’s barracks in the Birkenau family camp (September 1943 – July 1944);
• major dates in the history of the Jews of Bohemia and Moravia during Nazi rule.

Yad Vashem Publishing, 2008