Alfred "Fredy" Hirsch is inseparably connected with the education of children and young people in the TerezĂn ghetto, and finally in the âfamily campâ at Auschwitz/Birkenau. In particular, the âchildren's block,â established on Hirsch's initiative in the BIIb section of the Birkenau camp, was a remarkable attempt to create a small oasis within the death camp. Its main purpose was to ensure that Auschwitz's youngest prisoners had, at least for