LIFE BEHIND WALLS .::. Facts and Figures
 
Primary Nationalities of Terezin Prisoners
Country Deported to Terezin Liberated in Terezin
Czechoslovakia 75,666 8,542
Denmark 466 Left in April 1945
Gdansk (Danzig, a Polish city) 117 11
The Netherlands 4,897 1,285
Hungary 1,150 1,138
Germany 42,104 5,221
Austria 15,254 1,293
     
TOTAL 139,654 17,472





The red triangle represents Terezin in relation
to the modern-day Czech Republic

*** Street Map of Terezin ***


Both maps courtesy of the Terezin Memorial, Pamatnik Terezin.


Other Statistics
Total number of nationalities represented by Terezin prisoners: 29
Largest population in Terezin at one time: 58,497
Terezin population before the war, including soldiers: 7,000
Average permanent population from November 1941 to May 1945: 35,000
Average number of persons per transport in or out of the camp: 1000
Total persons deported to Terezin from November 1941 to May 1945: 139,654
Total children born in Terezin: 207
Total persons deported to the East: 86,934
Total number of transports to the East: 63
Total persons to return from Eastern transports: 3,097
Total persons passed over to the Gestapo: 336
Total runaways until May 9, 1945: 701
Total deaths within Terezin until May 9, 1945: 33,430
Total number of original prisoners in Terezin by May 9, 1945: 16,832
Total number of these original prisoners who had arrived after October 28, 1944: 8,565
Total number of prisoners found on May 9, 1945 from Eastern evacuations: 13,454