songs." Most probably under Eisinger's influence, the boys adopted a rocket ship, inspired by Jules Verne, flying past a book to a star, as the symbol of their barracks and of their magazine. His main discoveries were Petr Ginz as editor-in-chief and the talented poet Hanuš Hackenbuch. He encouraged them to even use a humorous tone in order to make it easier to secure their own mental survival within a very hostile environment. Vedem also contains over 40 contributions from Eisinger himself. He wrote about culture, politics and pedagogical themes, but he also translated poetry, especially Russian. Several survivors of the Shoah praised Eisinger's educational activities in Theresienstadt and his contribution to the secret teaching of the youth in the ghetto. On 28 September 1944 he was deported with Transport Ek to Auschwitz concentration camp. His transport number was 422 of 2,500. From there he was deported to a working command post in Buchenwald concentration camp. According to the memories of fellow prisoners, he was shot by the SS on the death march in Thuringia in January 1945. Family His brother Bruno and his sister Martha, her husband Erich Heský (born on 27 September 1907) and their son Hagibor (born 1936) were all killed in Auschwitz in 1943. Both his parents were murdered in 1944 in Auschwitz. The fate of his siblings Therese and Viktor Eisinger is unknown. External links Ghetto Theresienstadt: Eisinger, Valtr (Walter) (German) References Czech journalists People from Prague Czech Jews Theresienstadt Ghetto prisoners Auschwitz concentration camp prisoners Czechoslovak civilians killed in World War II 1913 births 1945 deaths 20th-century journalists Czech people executed by Nazi Germany Czech resistance members Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany