This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Landmark Attractions In Rakovnik

x
Rakovník is a town in the western part of the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic located between the cities of Prague and Plzeň. It is located in varying landscape and the huge forest of Křivoklát. The location of the town influenced and still influences the way of life of the inhabitants. It has a population of approximately 16,000.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Landmark Attractions In Rakovnik

  • 1. Theresienstadt Concentration Camp Terezin
    Theresienstadt was a hybrid concentration camp and ghetto established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town Terezín, located in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . Theresienstadt served two main purposes: it was simultaneously a waystation to the extermination camps, and a retirement settlement for elderly and prominent Jews to mislead their communities about the Final Solution. Its conditions were deliberately engineered to hasten the death of its prisoners, and the camp also served a propaganda role. Unlike most other concentration camps, the exploitation of forced labor was not economically significant. The camp was established by a transport of Czech Jews in November 1941. The first German and Austrian Jews arrived in June 1942; Dutch and Danish Jews also were impri...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Rakovnik Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu