Post on 27-Dec-2015
“…I NEVER SAW ANOTHER
BUTTERFLY…”Children’s Drawings and Poems
from Terezin Concentration Camp1942-1944
Of the 15,000 children deported from this camp to Auschwitz only 100 survived- NONE under the age of
14
More than 4,000 drawing have been found. Teachers secretly schooled the children
Drawn by Erika Taussig 10 years oldDIED
Auschwitz- October 16, 1944
Drawn by Frantisek Brozan- 10 years oldDIED
Auschwitz- December 15, 1943
Painted by Eva Bu 12 years oldDIED
Auschwitz- October 4, 1944
Terezin Barracks by Sonja Waldsteinova 17 yrs. old
She returned to Prague after the liberation
Josef Bauml- born March 13, 1931DIED
Auschwitz- October 12, 1944
Poem written by Franta Bass -He died at Auschwitz at the age of 14
Painting by Hana. She perished at Auschwitz- age 13
Drawing by Petr- died at the age of 14Poem by Miroslav Kosek- died at the age of 13
Hans Weinberg
Born -August 18, 1931
Killed-December 15,1943
Labor Brigades By, Josef Novak
Killed at Auschwitz- 13 years old
Terezin by Ruth Schachterova
killed 14 years old
Helga Weissova was deported to Terazin at the age of 12. She was too old for the classes, so she drew on her own. She was sent to Auschwitz when she was 16 and survived the war.