Countries through which people fled: Canada

Frederick Terna was born Friedrich Arthur Taussig in 1923 in the 19th district of Vienna. He moved with his family to Prague in 1927. After the invasion of the Wehrmacht, Terna was thrown out of school and in 1941 was imprisoned by the Gestapo. He was interned in several camps, including Linden bei Deutsch-Brod and the Auschwitz and Kaufering concentration camps. After his liberation, Terna returned to Prague as the only survivor in his family. In 1946, he fled to France and from there to Canada. He moved to New York City in 1952 where he was living as an artist at the time of his interview.