Three official registration certificates of Jews deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, signed by the Jewish self-administration that operated in the ghetto under Nazi supervision.
Registration certificate of Fischer Leonard, born August 4, 1925, registration number: 62148. Includes Leonard’s passport photograph, born in Stitlitz, and the note: Transport: Theresienstadt, indicating his deportation to the ghetto, along with the secretary’s handwritten signature and Star of David stamps of the Jewish self-administration in the ghetto. According to Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, record no. 6733258, Leonard was later transferred to the Gurs camp in France. His fate remains unknown.
Registration certificate of Adler Aloisie, born May 1921 in Prague. Registration number: 51497. Two round stamps bearing a Star of David appear over her passport photo, issued by the Jewish community in Prague, Maisel Street (Maiselstrasse), indicating this was an official procedure, part of transport coordination through the Jewish self-administration. According to the list of Jewish survivors in Theresienstadt dated 10/05/1945, Aloisie survived the Holocaust and remained in the ghetto until the end of the war – see Yad Vashem’s Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, record no. 6294074.
Registration certificate of Travnickova Jana, born in Prague, registration number: 3623. In addition to Jana’s passport photo, the document includes her blue fingerprint and handwritten signature: Travnickova Jana. Also features the secretary’s handwritten signature and Star of David stamps of the Jewish self-administration in the ghetto. Her name does not appear in Yad Vashem’s database nor in the Arolsen Archives. Her fate is unknown.
All three certificates originate from the ghetto itself, from the registration offices of the Jewish administration.
The Theresienstadt Ghetto, established in 1941 in Czechoslovakia, served as a ghetto and concentration camp distinct from other ghettos. Outwardly, the Nazis presented it as a “model city” for Jews – a place where the Jewish population was supposedly treated under decent conditions. However, this was a deception intended to mislead international public opinion and a visiting delegation from the Red Cross. In reality, living conditions in the ghetto were extremely harsh: starvation, overcrowding, disease, and mass death. Theresienstadt also functioned as a transit camp to extermination camps, primarily Auschwitz. Over 140,000 Jews were deported there; of these, approximately 33,000 died in the ghetto itself, and around 88,000 were deported from it to be murdered. The Jewish community was forced to manage the ghetto to some extent under Nazi supervision, through the “Jewish self-administration.” Despite the appalling conditions, cultural life persisted in the ghetto – performances, concerts, and even educational activities took place, reflecting resilience and a struggle to preserve humanity under impossible circumstances.
The three certificates are in very good condition.
