Tagesbefehl Nr. 26

Item Information

Title:
Tagesbefehl Nr. 26
Description:
Here in Tagesbefehl Nr. 26 (Order of the Day) for 15 January 1942, there are three points: 1) Dos and Don'ts, 2) Warning about letter smuggling, and 3) Consolidation of hospitals. For the first point, a list of dos and don'ts attached to this daily order must be posted in all rooms and buildings that are occupied. In addition, this order must be read out loud in all rooms in Czech. The text is attached with this order. For the second point, this evening the building elders read out loud a speech that was given by Jewish elder Edelstein on 10 January 1942 during roll call. The text is also included with the order. And the last point, an infection department has opened up in the hospital in the Hohenelber barracks. The creation of a hospital and infectious disease department is in the process of being set-up, as well as a surgical department which will come later. There is an urgent need for bed linens and towels for the hospital. A call to all residents of the ghetto to donate towels and linens to the healthcare system. Items that are donated should be delivered to the barracks on Friday the 16th. Signed by a member of the Council of Elders.
Author:
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Format:
Documents
Location:
Brandeis University Libraries
Special Collections, Box 1 Folder 5 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Theresienstadt concentration camp documents
Subjects:
Czechoslovakia--Nazi concentration camps
Terezín (Ústeckyʻkraj)--Czech Republic--Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Terezín (Ústeckyʻkraj)--Czech Republic--Jews--Persecutions
World War, 1939-1945
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
Extent:
1 page ; 20 cm. x 21 cm.
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/10192/53949
Terms of Use:
Open Access
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Place of origin:
Terezín (Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic)
Language:
German
Notes:
Typewritten
Notes (date):
Undated
Notes (funding):
Digitization made possible through the Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
Notes (historical):
Theresienstadt was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín and it served as a waystation to the extermination camps. The Theresienstadt Concentration Camp Documents collection at the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections department consists of 200 daily bulletins of the ‘Jewish Self-Administration’ of the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944.
Identifier:
MWalB02200_05