Testimony of Charlotte Lederer, born in Lundenburg, Czechoslovakia, 1897, regarding her experiences in Brno and Theresienstadt

Testimony of Charlotte Lederer, born in Lundenburg, Czechoslovakia, 1897, regarding her experiences in Brno and Theresienstadt Life before the war; her husband's work as a cantor and director of the Jewish Museum in Nikolsburg until 1938. Annexation to Germany, 1938; escape of her family to Brno; her husband looks after 16 needy residents; transfer of displays and valuables from the museum to Brno; German occupation; attitude towards her husband; transfer to Theresienstadt with the family, late November 1941; camp life including setting up a Chevra Kadisha (burial society) and maintaining death records by her husband; execution of youth for writing letters home, January 1942; assassination of Reinhard Heydrich; capture of youth in order to put them to work burying those murdered in Lidice; arranging a celebration for the children before their deportation to Auschwitz; transports from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, autumn 1944; removal of Danish inmates from Theresienstadt by Count Bernadotte approximately one month before the liberation.