Terezin (Theresienstadt) is an 18th century fortress 60 km north from Prague. In the WW2 it was used by the Nazis to build up a "model Ghetto", a propaganda show town, where Jewish inmates were granted some self-government, and were allowed cultural life. About 150.000 people passed Terezin, 88.000 were sent to the death camps, 33.000 died in Terezin from hunger and deseases.
1942-1944
Children in the boarding houses were given care and education by the tutors and teachers. Friedl Brandeisova lived in the girls' home L410. She gave the art classes in the girls' and boys' homes, and for older students.
In her lessons she helped the children to gain self-esteem, find the taste of life and beauty among the gloomy surroundings of the war. She utilized many exercises and ideas from Johannes Itten's Basic Course in Bauhaus, adding to them plenty of her own inventions.
