sraeli President Shimon Peres surrounded by Czech soldiers before holding wreath of flowers in Terezin

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sraeli President Shimon Peres surrounded by Czech soldiers before holding wreath of flowers in Terezin
Israeli President Shimon Peres (R) surrounded by Czech soldiers before placing a wreath of flowers at the former Nazi concentration camp Terezin (Theresiendstadt), Czech Republic 30 March 2009. During World War II, Terezin was used by Gestapo as a concentration camp where some 155,000 Czech Jews were imprisoned -- around 35,000 people died in the camp -- and some 90,000 were deported to other camps to die in gas chambers