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Beit Theresienstadt
General Information
Facility Director: Nira Faran
Archivists: Sima Shachar
Education Director: Yonat Klar
Address: Givat Haim - Ihud
Phone: 972-4-636-9515
Fax: 972-4-636-9793
E-mail: bterezin@ghi.org.il
Website: http://www.bterezin.org.il
Hours of Operation: Sunday - Thursday 8:00-15:00
Closed on Friday, Saturday and Jewish holidays.
Consultation: It is advisable to make an appointment.
Closest Public Transportation:Take taxi from Hadera
Access for Disabled: Yes
Consultation: It is advisable to make an appointment with:
Alisa Schiler for information of relatives who were in ghetto Theresienstadt;
Sima Shachar for research, and writing seminars by students, pupils, teachers and researchers.

Description of Resources
The archive contains – Name cards of the Jews who were transported to the ghetto; Collections of Drawings, Paintings, Photos, Objects and Documents – which belonged to or were the artists.

Files in the archive which contains documents.

Published – Books and academic articles.

Directors – Alisa Schiller for the names cards.
Sima Shachar for research and archive interests.

Newsletters – published by Beit Thresienstadt.

Biographies/Autobiographies
See the website of Beit Theresienstadt for biographies of the Porges family and its family trees.

Card-index of Jews deported to Ghetto Terezin
A card-index with all known details of about 160,000 prisoners who were in ghetto Terezin, and also of Jews under "Protectorat" who were deported to the East before the ghetto was established in autumn 1941.

Community Records including vital records-birth, marriage and death.
Details of people who were imprisoned in Theresienstadt.

Finding Aids:
The catalogue is computerized and in English. Searches can be done from abroad.

Description of Facility:


Fees/Copies:
There are facilities to copy documents. Donations are welcome.