Plzeň’s deported Jews remembered

Around 200 people gathered in the Bohemian town of Plzeň on Sunday to remember the first transportation of the town’s Jews to the Terezín concentration camp some 67 years ago. Those present heard speeches before marching from the town centre to the Main Synagogue. Two thousand six hundred and five of Plzeň’s Jews were transported to Terezín in the course of World War Two. Only 112 returned. The town’s Jews were deported in three separate transports, the first taking place on January 18, 1942 and then subsequently four and then eight days later.