Gidon Lev
Gidon Lev (born Peter Wolfgang Löw, 3 March 1935)See video content and title notes on is a Czechoslovakian-born Israeli dairy farmer and Holocaust Holocaust survivors, survivor who was interned at the Jewish ghettos established by Nazi Germany, Nazi ghetto of Theresienstadt Ghetto, Theresienstadt between the ages of 6 and 10. Of the 9,000 children imprisoned in or transported through Theresienstadt concentration camp, he is one of the more than 2,000 children estimated to have survived. Early life Lev was born in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, on 3 March 1935. Both of his parents came from secular Jewish families that had lived for many generations in the Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire. His family fled to Prague when Nazi Germany annexed the Sudetenland in 1938. In 1941, Lev and his family were transported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, Theresienstadt ghetto, a Nazi ghettos, Nazi ghetto in Terezín, Czechoslovakia. Theresienstadt concentration camp Lev was six year ...
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Karlovy Vary
Karlovy Vary (; german: Karlsbad, formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It lies on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá. It is named after Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Bohemia, who founded the city. Karlovy Vary is the site of numerous hot springs (13 main springs, about 300 smaller springs, and the warm-water Teplá River), and is the most visited spa town in the Czech Republic. The historic city centre with the spa cultural landscape is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. It is the largest spa complex in Europe. In 2021, the city became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe" because of its spas and architecture from the 18th through 20th centuries. Administrative parts Karlovy Vary is ma ...
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