{"id":222,"date":"2020-02-23T16:33:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T16:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/?post_type=tour&#038;p=222"},"modified":"2020-03-11T03:29:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T03:29:01","slug":"terezin","status":"publish","type":"tour","link":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/en\/prague-tours\/terezin\/","title":{"rendered":"Terez\u00edn Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Very Educational Terez\u00edn Tour<br \/>\nLess than an hour from Prague sits Terez\u00edn, the fortress used as a concentration camp by the Nazi propagandists in an attempt to prove to the world that the rumors of the Holocaust and its extermination of minorities were only that \u2013 rumors.<\/p>\n<p>The European Jewish political and cultural elite \u2013 the musicians, composers, educators, architects, doctors, heroes of WWI\u2026 were deported to serve the SS propaganda machine. It held primarily Jews from Czechoslovakia, as well as tens of thousands of Jews deported chiefly from Germany and Austria, as well as hundreds from the Netherlands and Denmark.In total, more than 150,000 Jews \u2013 including over 15,000 children, were sent to Terez\u00edn to live while they waited to be sent to extermination camps such as Auschwitz. Over 35,000 perished while in Terez\u00edn and approximately 90,000 people were sent to German death camps. At the end of World War II, there were 17,000 survivors.<\/p>\n<p>Originally constructed in 1780, Terez\u00edn was meant to secure the bridges across the Oh\u0159e and Elbe Rivers against Prussian troops invading the Bohemian lands from neighboring Saxony. The profound spirit of the survivors who never gave up, despite insurmountable odds, still permeates the city.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Terez\u00edn is a living town. Our Terez\u00edn tour will introduce you to people of the town while we educate you as we visit today with historical sites, cemeteries, expositions, and museums.<\/p>\n<p>Our Terez\u00edn tour is a tour you will always remember. Nine hours, round trip, transportation included.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>History of the fort and its use by the Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Crematorium<\/li>\n<li>Morgue<\/li>\n<li>Columbarium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flag Magdeburg<\/li>\n<li>Small Synagogue<\/li>\n<li>The liberation of the camp and more \u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than an hour from Prague sits Terez\u00edn, the fortress used as a concentration camp by the Nazi propagandists in an attempt to prove to the world that the rumors of the Holocaust and its extermination of minorities were only that \u2013 rumors. Today, Terez\u00edn is a living town. Our Terez\u00edn tour will introduce you to people of the town while we educate you as we visit today with historical sites, cemeteries, expositions, and museums. Nine hours, round trip, transportation included<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":465,"template":"","class_list":["post-222","tour","type-tour","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","city-prague-tours"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tour"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whiteumbrellatours.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}