Cover

Half-title

Title page

Copyright information

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Part I History

1 The Jews in the ‘‘Protectorate,’’ 1939-1941

2 Theresienstadt: History and Establishment

3 Deportations to and from Theresienstadt

Overview of the Deportations to Theresienstadt

Overview of the Victims and Deportations from Theresienstadt

The Technical Aspects of the Transports to Theresienstadt

Remarks Preliminary to Chapters 4-7

4 The Closed Camp, November 1941-July 1942

5 The ‘‘Ghetto,’’ July 1942-Summer 1943

6 The ‘‘Jewish Settlement Area,’’ Summer 1943-September 1944

7 Decline and Dissolution, September 1944-May 1945

Part II Sociology

8 Administration

Overview of the Administrative Structure

Leadership

Central Registry

Jewish Self-Administration Bank

Central Secretariat

Labor Central

Management

Labor Index; Male, Female, and Youth Deployment; and Labor Supervision

Labor Welfare

Productivity Registry

Deployment Offices

Department of Internal Administration

Leadership

Legal Department

Space Management Office

Building Management Office

Registry Office and Funeral Department

Post Office and Transport Management Department

Economics Department

Management

Central Supply Office

Central Materials and Inventory Administration

Manufacturing Department

Agriculture Department

Warehousing and Businesses Department

Shipping Department

Technical Department

Management

Construction Department

Public Works and Public Enterprises Departments

Central Building Maintenance Office

Graphics and Reproduction Department

Mechanical Engineering Department

Finance Department

Health Services and Welfare

Management and Administration

Care of the Sick and the Central Medical Supply Warehouse

Laboratories and Support Facilities

Sanitary Facilities

Public Health Officer

Welfare Department

Youth Welfare

Management

Educational Services Department

Social Services Department

Institutional Care

Recreation

Description and Discussion

9 The Transports

Incoming Transports

Outgoing Transports

The Sinister Nature of the Transports

10 Population

11 Housing

12 Nutrition

Food Rations

Bread and Allocation of Unprepared Foodstuffs

The Kitchens

Individual Meals (Speisen)

Meat

Vegetables

Cereal Products

Coffee and Tea Substitutes

Margarine

Sugar

Skim Milk

Potatoes

Flour

Actual Amounts versus Recorded Amounts

‘‘Supplemental Fare’’ and ‘‘Food Bonuses’’

The Hopeless Fight for Fair Distribution of Food

The Method of Distribution

Nutrition as the Main Problem

13 Labor

Labor Deployment Statistics I

Characterization of Administrative Work

Documents Pertaining to the Work of the Central Labor Office

Document 1. Printed Form from June 1943 (Two Pages and a Carbon Copy)

Document 2. Printed Form from 1944 (Double-Sided)

Document 3. Mimeographed Sheet from 1943 (One-Sided)

Document 4. Mimeographed Form from 1942 (One-Sided)

Document 5. Mimeographed Form from 1945 (Double-Sided)

Document 6. Printed Form from July 1943 (Double-Sided)

Document 7. Form Printed on Cardboard from March 1944 (One-Sided)

Document 8. Mimeographed Identification Card from (May) 1942 (One-Sided)

Document 9. Mimeograph from April 1943: ‘‘Worker Identity Card’’ (Four-Sided)

Document 10. Printed Form from 1943 (One-Sided with Two Carbon Copies)

Document 11. Printed Form from 1943 (One-Sided with Two Carbon Copies)

Discussion

Labor Deployment Statistics II

Working Conditions and Overall Production

14 Economy

External Economy

Internal Economy

Petty Economy

15 Legal Conditions

16 Health Conditions

Typical Diseases

Enteritis and Colitis

Typhoid Fever

Scarlet Fever

Encephalitis

Diphtheria

Epidemic Poliomyelitis

Tuberculosis

Erysipelas

Epidemic Hepatitis

‘‘Childhood Diseases’’

Epidemic Conjunctivitis

Epidemic Typhus

Various Infections

Deficiency Diseases

Heart and Lung Diseases

Psychological Disorders

Conditions Requiring Surgical Medicine

Amenorrhea

Births

Mortality and Death

Public Health Care, Medical Research, and Medical Education

17 Welfare

Welfare for the Elderly and Infirm

Youth Welfare

18 Contact with the Outside World

19 Cultural Life

Part III Psychology

20 The Psychological Face of the Coerced Community

Experimentation and Destiny in History

Theresienstadt as an Episode in Simultaneous History

Theresienstadt as an Episode in Jewish History

The Typology of Individual Behavior

Participating and Not Observing

Participating and Observing

Observing and Not Participating

Not Observing and Not Participating

On ‘‘Reality’’

The Practical Psychology of the Camp

Changes in Character

Characters According to Types

Broken People

Fearful People

Numb People

Unthinking People

Pessimists

Realists

Optimists

Illusionists

Active People

Brutal People

Opportunists

Strong-Willed People

Helpers

Kindhearted People

The Ethos in the Camp

The Escape from the Present

Social Relations

Judaism in the ‘‘Ghetto’’

Conclusion

Chronology

1941-1945

Sources and Literature

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Preface

List of Sources and Literature

Afterword

A Note on the Text

Index