“In memoriam Fredy Hirsch – gratefully, children of Terezin, Birkenau” (Alfred) Fredy Hirsch was an educator of children and young people in the Terezín ghetto and the “family camp” at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The “children's block” in Auschwitz, established on Fredy’s initiative, was an attempt to create a small oasis within the death camp. Its main purpose was to ensure that Auschwitz’s youngest prisoners had, at least for a short time, an environment in which they would be isolated from the tragic

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