The Red Cross Visit.

    With rumors floating during World War II about Jews being mistreated in the camps and Danish leaders demanding for firsthand information on how Danish Jews were being treated in the camps, the Nazis decided to permit representatives from the Danish Red Cross and the International Red Cross to inspect and visit Terezin, a Nazi camp in Czechoslovakia. During WWII Jews were deported and put into camps by the Nazis who claimed that they were sheilding the Jews from the terrible war. But the camps were not any sheild, they were places for Jews to be mistreated as if they were inhuman. The Nazis were the people running the camps, and they would not let the world know what was happening in the camps. So the Nazis took this opportunity of the Red Cross visting to fool the world into believing that the Jews were being well treated in the camps. The Nazis began a beautification program six weeks before the Red Cross visit. The beautification program was about beautifying Terezin and making it presentable to the world. The beautification program began by deporting 7,503 Jews from the camp to avoid overcrowding in the camp. Then after, the camp was beautified; gardens were planted, barracks were renovated, a playground was built. So on June, 23 1944 when the Red Cross inspected Terezin, it was in the best state. Certain inmates were dressed and stood at desginated places, shops were open and filled with baked goods and candy, children played around happily in the play ground, music played everywhere, performances went on. And none of the Jews dared to say anything wrong was happening because if they did, they would be punished. The Red Cross was more than pleased and satisfied with the camp and without any hesitation, it reported back that while war time conditions made life difficult, life at Terezin was acceptable to all the Jews.