Our last day in Prague we drove into the suburbs of the Czech Republic to venture into the town of Terezin. Terezin was originally a town that was home to 6,000 people. However, when Terezin became a ghetto it housed close to 50,000 Jews. The overcrowded buildings made disease inescapable and living conditions unbearable.
Living in a hostel with 5 other students, in which 4 of them I’ve never met, we all got along and had the accommodation of a spacious bathroom.
The Jewish living experience in the Terezin ghetto was a much different one then ours in Prague. To try and feel what it must have been like I pictured 30 young men in our room with 10 beds and no bathroom. They must have felt incredibly uncomfortable and violated. Not to mention not knowing why they were being held captive in the ghetto.
The town of Terezin was melancholy and depressing. Many years ago Terezin was a horrible place and I believe the town has not escaped its terrible past.
-KC
