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Theresienstadt inmates
inmates of Theresienstadt
Camp inmates described in a postwar report.
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A Jewish hygienist working in the camp reported
after the war that many of these children were infested
with lice, which necessitated shearing off their hair. The
children refused to have their hair cut, interpreting this
as a sign they were to be gassed. Evidently, the inmates
of Theresienstadt were unaware of the gas chambers in
other conceniration camps; the children’s fears seemed ...