Tätigkeitsbericht (Activity report), Camp Theresienstadt, September 1942

This activity report covers the different departments and fields of activity in the camp Theresienstadt during September 1942. In September 1942 there was the peak of inhabitants in the camp (peak about 60.000) which resulted into a shortage of accommodation, a higher demand for food, clothes, medicine, etc. And a high sick/sick leave rate with the highest mortality rate (130-150 deaths/day, mostly from epidemical enteritis. Lists show the incoming (e.g. from Berlin, Nurnberg, Prag and Frankfurt) and outgoing transports of people and the distribution of food supplies. The report is organized in chapters: Department of inner administration, working headquarters, Department of economy, Agriculture, Production, Technical department, Department of health care The file includes also tables and drawings of, e.g. disinfestation, diseases, demography of the ghetto, road and railway construction.