Aus der Hoelle Minsk in das 'Paradies' Theresienstadt.

Detailed account of Minsk ghetto 1941/1942; transfer to Theresienstadt; account of SS camp leaders and Jewish "self-administration" in Theresienstadt; camp police; negative account of heads of the "Council of Jewish Elders" Jacob Edelstein and Paul Eppstein. These memoirs are based on notes taken during the war. They contain copies of numerous documents.Also included is a letter by Klara Caro (1977, 2 pages) in which she objects to Loewenstein's treatment of Edelstein and Eppstein.Rolf Loewenberg, Hubertusallee 37, 1000 Berlin 33, West GermanyKarl Loewenstein (later Loesten; 1887-1976?) was a co-founder of the "Bekennende Kirche" in Berlin. After his deportation in 1941 he became chief of the Jewish police in the ghetto of Minsk and in 1942 of the concentration camp of Theresienstadt