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…I never saw another butterfly…

…I never saw another butterfly…. Children’s Drawings and Poems From the Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944. What is Terezin ?. A Czech town, formed in 1780, nestled in the central mountains of Bohemia, where two rivers meet. How did Terezin become a concentration camp in 1941?.

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…I never saw another butterfly…

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  1. …I never saw another butterfly… Children’s Drawings and Poems From the Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944

  2. What is Terezin? • A Czech town, formed in 1780, nestled in the central mountains of Bohemia, where two rivers meet.

  3. How did Terezin become a concentration camp in 1941? • It was an attempt to make the Germans look humanitarian in the eyes of the Free World!

  4. Who was transported to Terezin? • “Privileged Jews” • Intellectuals and writers • Actors, artists, composers and conductors • Jews married to Aryans • Veterans of the First World War • Half-Jews • Civil servants

  5. What actually went on inside the walls of Terezin? • Men were separated from women and children • It was forbidden to write home • Smoking was punished • Nobody was allowed to walk on pavement • Every uniformed person had to be saluted • No vehicles for transport • Not enough fuel, food, or water • The elderly died often died alone of dysentery

  6. Did the children know that death lay waiting for them? • “We stood in a long queue with a plate in our hand, into which they ladled a little warmed-up water with a salty or a coffee flavor.”

  7. Terezin Statistics, 1941-1945 • From 1941-1945, over 141,000 Jews entered into Terezin • 33,456 died here • 88,202 were transported to death camps in the East • 16,832 remained by 1945 • Of the estimated 15,000 children sent to Terezin, only 132 survived “We got used to sleeping without a bed.” “We got used to undeserved slaps, blows, and executions.” “We got accustomed to seeing people die in their own excrement, to seeing piled-up coffins full of corpses.” -Peter Fischl, age 15

  8. What did Terezin do to the children? • “…that ghetto, the sunlight of the day and the terrors of the night, their dreamy remembrances of the past and their desolate encounters with the present…” • “Much of what it did to them we can see in the art they left behind.” • -Chaim Potok – Jewish author and rabbi

  9. Who Taught the Children? • Friedl Dicker-Brandeis “…she was a tender, highly intelligent woman, who managed-for some hours every week-to create a fairy world for us in Terezin…a world that made us forget all the surrounding harships, which we were not spared despite our early age.” - Raja Englanderova, Terezin survivor and former student

  10. Inge Auerbacher • Inge was one of the 15,000 children that passed through Terezin. • Inge was born in Germany and spent three years- between 7-10 in Terezin. • Inge’s book is called I Am A Star. • Inge visited MJH several years ago & spoke.

  11. I Am A Star by Inge Auerbacher • Only “special” children wear a star, • I am noticed from near and far. • They have placed a mark over my heart, • I’ll wear it proudly from the start. • A star’s a reward, so I’ve been told, • This custom passed on from days of old. • I know all that the star is revealing, • But, I’ll try to have a better feeling. • I am a star! • Papa told me to avoid trouble, • Come home from school on the double. • To me the star’s yellow is gold, • I’ll try not to act so bold. • I stand tall and proud, • My voice shouts in silence loud; • “I am a real person still, • No one can break my spirit or will.” • I am a star!

  12. “The Butterfly”-Pavel Friedmann, 1942 • The last, the very last, • So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow. • Perhaps if the sun’s tears would sing • against a white stone… • Such, such a yellow • Is carried lightly ‘way up high. • It went away I’m sure because it wished to • kiss the world good-bye. • For seven weeks I’ve lived in here, • Penned up inside this ghetto. • But I have found what I love here. • The dandelions call to me • And the white chestnut branches in the court. • Only I never saw another butterfly. • That butterfly was the last one. • Butterflies don’t live in here, • In the ghetto.

  13. This is your assignment: • You will read a poem written by a child at Terezin. • After several readings silently, find examples of hopes, dreams, and fears in your child’s poem. Think about how you relate to its author. • Decorate a butterfly that represents the author of your poem.

  14. Be creative! • They must be able to hang on fishing line in the ELA hall. • Write your name and the name of your child on your butterfly. • Cut out your butterfly. • BOTH sides must be decorated. • DO NOT use swastikas. • Will count as ½ TEST grade.

  15. Your Assignment is due… • Friday, April 6th • Your butterfly will hang in the ELA hall representing the children who survived & perished in the Holocaust.

  16. What was the fate of • each Child Poet and Artist?

  17. PavelFriedmann • Born on January 7, 1921, in Prague • Deported to Terezin on April 26, 1942 • Died in Auschwitz on September 29, 1944

  18. Franta Bass • Born on January 7, 1921 • Deported to Terezin on April 26, 1942 • Died in Auschwitz on September 29, 1944

  19. PetrFischl • Born on September 4, 1930 • Deported to Terezin on December 2, 1941 • Died in Auschwitz on October 28, 1944

  20. Koleba: Kosek, Lowy, Bachner • Miroslav Kosek – Born March 30, 1932, Died on October 19, 1944 in Auschwitz • Hanus Lowy – Born June 29, 1931, Died in Auschwitz on October 4, 1944 • Eli Bachner – Born May 20, 1931, Survived Auschwitz and later immigrated to Israel

  21. Teddy • No last name is given. • Probably a member of the same group as Miroslav Kosek with whom he lived in children’s home • Fate is unknown

  22. HanusHachenburg • Born in Prague on July 12, 1929 • Deported to Terezin on October 24, 1942 • Died on December 18, 1943 in Auschwitz

  23. Helga Weissova • Born in Prague on November 10, 1929 • Deported to Terezin on December 17, 1941 • Sent to Auschwitz and later Mauthausen. Survived and returned to Prague were she studied painting with Czech artist Emil Filla.

  24. AlenaSynkova • Born in Prague on September 24, 1926 • Deported to Terezin on December 22, 1942 • Survived and returned home after the liberation

  25. Eva Pickova • Born in Nymburk on May 15, 1929 • Deported to Terezin on April 16, 1942 • Died in Auschwitz on December 18, 1943

  26. Anna Lindtova • Born on March 19, 1930 • Deported to Terezin on May 12, 1942 • Died in Auschwitz on October 28, 1944

  27. Jirka (Jiri) Polak • Born on February 20, 1925 • Deported to Terezin on August 3, 1942 • Sent to Auschwitz on September 29, 1944. He survived.

  28. Final Thoughts… • The last remaining Jews left Terezin on August 17, 1945. • Terezin has since returned to its tranquil surroundings. There is virtually no trace remains of those nightmarish years. • One once again one can see the rolling hills, the gentle juncture of the two rivers, the Bohemian mountains. And butterflies.

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