Terezin was the site of a ghetto/concentration camp/prison run by the Nazi's in World War II. Most of the prisoners there died of disease and were not as badly treated compared to the more extreme camps for two reasons.
1. It was mostly used as a transfer camp, not an extermination camp.
2. The site was not built by the Germans. It was originally a fortress used by the
Hapsburgs to defend against the Prussians.
The conditions at Terezin were still nowhere near ideal. It was a place of death and suffering for thousands of Jews and prisoners of war.
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