Object numberM2007/002
DescriptionCopy of B&W photograph depicting a group of prisoners in concentration camp uniform at Theresienstadt's liberation on May 8, 1945. In the photo (first on the left) is Jack Gaida (originally Gajda) a former prisoner at Auschwitz III-Monowitz. He was identified with camp number 161120. In January 1945 Jack escaped from an evacuation train, which carried the prisoners from Auschwitz III through the Czech terrain. After arrest, Jack, was sentenced to death by the Gestapo in Brno by starvation after being transported to Theresienstadt.
Production placeGermany
Production date 1945
Subjectliberation, Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Theresienstadt ghetto, transport, survivors
Object namephotographs
Dimensions
- width: 205.00 mm
height: 144.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ms Rebecca Gaida