The Artists of Terezin
Terezin (Theresienstadt), in Bohemia, was a ghetto created by the Nazis to deceive public opinion. There were shops, a coffee house and a special bank, while the SS even made a film showing happy Jews in a Jewish city. For the inmates, it was little more than a staging-post for Auschwitz. To propagate the lie, the Nazis permitted a lively cultural life.
Christopher Cook visits Terezin and talks to survivors of the ghetto about art, music and theatre created by artists facing almost certain death.
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON