Red Cross Visits Nazi Concentration Camp
In 1944 the International Red Cross was allowed into Theresienstadt concentration camp
Witness History: World War Two history · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In June 1944 the International Red Cross was allowed by the Nazis into the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The Nazis tried to use the visit to project a positive image of their treatment of the Jews. Hear from Ela Weissberger, who was an 11-year-old prisoner in the camp.
(Audio archive courtesy of The National Centre for Jewish Film at Brandeis University)
(Photo: Children in Theresienstadt, taken by International Red Cross delegates, June 1944; ICRC archives (ARR)/ Rossel, Maurice)