Fredy Hirsch

Alfred "Fredy" Hirsch is indelibly linked to the education of children and young people within the confines of the Terezín ghetto, and subsequently, in the "family camp" at Auschwitz/Birkenau. Notably, the "children's block" established on Hirsch's initiative in the BIIb section of the Birkenau camp was a remarkable endeavor to create a small sanctuary within the confines of the notorious death camp. The primary objective of this endeavor was to provide Auschwitz's youngest prisoners with a more tolerable environment, if only for a brief period, where they could be shielded from the stark reality of their surroundings.