Stanislav Šmolík was born to father Alois and mother Anežka (née Loukotová) in Libušín near Kladno on June 25, 1906. After finishing his school attendance he earned his living as a tinsmith. Already in his youth he came into contact with communist ideas, and in 1925 he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Shortly after […]
Historical articles
Hanuš Thein
As many as 1,057 prisoners arrived in the Terezín Ghetto in a transport codenamed AE 1 (Arbeitseinsatztransporte) on January 31, 1945. These were Jewish partners from what were called mixed marriages (one of the couple was classified as a Jew according to would-be legislative norms, the Nuremberg Laws). Hanuš Thein, a man of the theater, […]
The Story of the Psychiatric Transport Dx (March, 1944) from the Terezín Ghetto to the Concentration Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau
A special transport codenamed Dx, consisting exclusively of mentally ill patients from Terezín´s psychiatric ward, left the Terezín Ghetto on March 20, 1944. In addition to 42 inmates-patients, the transport carried a three-man accompanying team, made up of two male nurses (Kurt Andermann and Ernst Grünfeld) and one doctor (Dr. Walter Ruben). According to nurse […]
Composer Karel Reiner
There were numerous personalities associated with the interwar avant-garde culture in Czechoslovakia among the Terezín Ghetto inmates. These included, for example, architect, costume and stage designer František Zelenka (who also worked in the Liberated Theater), writer, photographer and later diplomat Norbert Frýd (who cooperated with E.F. Burian´s Déčko Theater), dancer and choreographer Kamila Rosenbaumová (known […]
