Terezin (Theresienstadt) is about 60 km NW of Prague in the Czech Republic.
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it was a military fortess
Theresienstadt (also known by its Czech name, Terezin) was probably the last camp to be liberated (10 May 1945). In some parts of Bohemia fighting continued for a day or two after the German surrender.
Theresienstadt (in Czech Terezin) was a small fortified town in Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). There were two camps at Terezin (Theresienstadt) 1. A Gestapo prison for uncooperative Czechs. 2. A ghetto/concentration camp and transit camp for Jews, who were later transported to Auschwitz. It was, to some extent, used as a camp for prominent German and Austrian Jews.
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
The Nazis were involved in the concentration camp Buchenwald because it was a camp for political prisoners.