Gertruda Zelenková with her son, Martin, and Martin’s puppets.Gertruda Zelenková
Gertruda Zelenková with her son, Martin, and Martin’s puppets.Gertruda Zelenková and her son were recognized in a photograph at the Museum of Jewish Art and History at the end of 2008. Soon the museum was contacted by one of Gertruda’s friends who had several photos of her family from the war, as well as correspondence cards that Gertruda sent her from Terezín, and a set of puppets that Gertruda’s son, Martin, played with. Gertruda, her husband František, and Martin were deported to Terezín in July 1943 and then to Auschwitz in October 1944, where all three perished. The Zelenka family were supposed to leave Czechoslovakia for Britain, but delayed their departure by a few days on account of Martin’s illness. This account is confirmed by a British visa application for Martin in December 1938, which is kept in the National Archives, Prague. -- source link
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