Triumph of the spirit
In 1944, the Nazis released a propaganda film entitled The Führer Gives the Jews a City. Terezin, in north-west Bohemia, was the place in question: it had been turned into, supposedly, a show-camp, a smokescreen to blind the world to what was really going on in other concentration camps. The film " an elaborate hoax " showed artistic individuals within Terezin engaging in creative activities, giving concerts and eve…