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Hanuš Hachenburg (12 July 1929 – 10 July 1944) was a Czech poet of the Theresienstadt concentration camp and an influential contributor to the magazine Vedem published there. He and his mother were murdered by the Nazi regime in Auschwitz.

His poems have been translated into several languages and are still being published.

Life
Hanuš Hachenburg was the only son of Jiří Hachenburg (born 27 January 1892) and Eliska née Epstein (born 18 June 1904). His grandparents were Siegmund Hachenburg (1852-1925) and Bertha née Stadler (1867-1899), Bohumil Epstein (also Gottlieb, 1857-?) and Emma née Beck (1873-1943). He was born in Bubeneč, a traditional city in the North of Prague that became a district of the Czech capital in 1921. Little is known about his childhood. His parents divorced and he grew up with his mother. He never got to know his father. He attended the Jewish School in Jáchymova in Prague. After the Munich Agreement of 1938

Along with many other children, he was separated from his family and orphans home

deported to Terezin in 1942, a town just 65 kilometers north of Prague. It was in this camp that Hanus and a number of other young boys, supported by their instructor, hand produced Vedem, a Czech language literary magazine.

d, his mother moved nine-year old Hanus into the Jewish Orphanage in Prague, with hopes for a better life for him. He lived in the Belgicka Orphanage for five years before being deported to Terezin, an ante-chamber to Auschwitz. His short life ended in the Family-Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 12 July 1944, the day he turned fifteen.

Puppeteer and filmmaker, Gary Friedman discovered Hanus’ play in a Jerusalem archive in 1999 and two years later, fulfilled a pledge he had made to Hanus. He mounted an acclaimed stage show in Cape Town, South Africa, performing the play for the very first time.

The puppet play was filmed in Sydney in 2008 and is part of a documentary film based on the project. To browse our 'Looking for a Monster' website

Vedem
(home No. 1 in the building of L 417, where the Terezin Ghetto Museum is today) Poetry belongs to the culmination of the artistic creation not only of this magazine, but of the entire ghetto.

Death
On December 18, 1943, Hanus and his mother were deported to Auschwitz, where he died in early July of 1944, possibly on his 15th birthday.

Born 12. 07. 1929 Last residence before deportation: Prague XIII Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague XII, Belgická 16 Transport Ca, no. 711 (24. 10. 1942, Prague -> Terezín) Transport Ds, no. 677 (18. 12. 1943, Terezín -> Auschwitz) Murdered

Born 18. 06. 1904 Last residence before deportation: Prague XIII Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Prague XI, Tomkova 17 Transport AAe, no. 70 (20. 06. 1942, Prague -> Terezín) Transport Ds, no. 676 (18. 12. 1943, Terezín -> Auschwitz) Murdered

His father Jiří Hachenburg was also murdered during the course of the Shoah, most probably 1941 in Poland. His grandmother Emma Epstein died on 10 June 1943 in Theresienstadt.

one uncle Emil Epstein (1900-? two uncles Hanus Hachenburg (?-?) and Bedrich Fred L. Hachenburg (ca. 1887-?, married to Julie Hachenburg, two children)

Quote
From a poem called Terezín (the czech name of Theresienstadt):


 * These 30,000 souls who sleep
 * Among the trees will wake,
 * Open an eye
 * And because they see
 * A lot


 * They'll fall asleep again.

https://cs.wikisource.org/wiki/Terez%C3%ADn

Publications
On a besoin d'un fantôme : Suivi de poèmes choisis30 Mar 2015 by Hanus Hachenburg and Claire Audhuy