Abstract
The article describes the supply and distribution of medicines in the Terezín (Theresienstadt) ghetto (1941-1945). The delivery of medicines for the ghetto took place in several ways.
At the beginning of the ghetto's existence, doctors brought the most medicines in their suitcases. Some of the drugs came from incoming prisoners (confiscated).
Later, the German doctor Krönert from Litoměřice (Leitmeritz), supplied medicaments. The Prague Jewish community, with the help of a member of the SS Bartels, procured medicines, too.
The drugs were also supplied by nearby pharmacies in Roudnice nad Labem and Budyně nad Ohří. At the end of the war, the Red Cross brought drugs to Terezín, among other things.
Distribution of medicines in the ghetto took place from the central drug store to individual pharmacies in health facilities. Here the nurses compiled a list of required drugs.
Doctors approved this list and wrote a request. Patients received medication in surgery or during hospital care.