Newsletter 02/2026
When the Vacek family was arrested by the Gestapo at the beginning of February 1943, their older daughter Věra was just seventeen. She was studying at a high school in Tábor, and even then, she stood out for her extraordinary bravery. She helped her fa
In 2023, the Terezín Memorial began focusing in its educational agenda on the “second generation” – the descendants of Shoah survivors. This initiative was spearheaded by Marta Malá, Director of the Endowment Fund for Holocaust Victims and Vice-Chair o
To accompany the exhibition Childhood under the Swastika, currently on display at the National Pedagogical Museum and J. A. Comenius Library in Prague, staff of the Terezín Memorial’s Department of Education have prepared an educational program intende
The theme of this year’s 30th Hana Greenfield Memorial Art Competition and 2nd Film Competition, organized by the Terezín Memorial in cooperation with the National Pedagogical Museum and J. A. Comenius Library and the Open Eye association, was the mott
From March 20 to 22, 2026, Prague and Terezín hosted the 27th annual professional seminar titled “How to Teach about the Holocaust.” It provides educators with a program focused on teaching the history of the Holocaust and related topics. The seminar H
The artworks produced for each edition of the Terezín Memorial’s art competitions are initially displayed for two months at the Ghetto Museum in Terezín after the award-giving ceremony. Following this period, the artworks are exhibited in various towns
