Newsletter 01/2026
The Department of the Education of the Terezin Memorial, in cooperation with the J. A. Komenský National Pedagogical Museum and Library, has prepared engaging workshops for upper primary and secondary school students accompanying the exhibition Childho
Chapters from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer Family and childhood Alice Herz was born in 1903 as the younger of twins into a German-Jewish family in Prague. Her mother, Sofie, came from Jihlava, from the German-speaking family of the merchant Ignatz Sch
A reflection written by the pupils of the Žulová primary school, the Czech Republic, after the meeting with Alena Lehovcová On 20 January 2026, the attic theater in the former Magdeburg Barracks at the Terezín Memorial hosted a discussion between pupil
The series of lectures entitled “History around Us: Repressive Facilities in Terezín and Litoměřice (1940–1945)” (for more details on the first year, see Newsletter 2/2024: History around Us | Newsletter) was very well received by the general public. T
From November 27 to 30, 2025, the Terezín Memorial played host to the 23rd advanced teacher training seminar entitled Holocaust in Education. Held with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, the cour
At the turn of January and February of this year, the Terezín Memorial hosted the first part of an ongoing joint seminar for teachers from the two countries. This cooperative program with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum brought together 12 Polish a
Every year in early June, the Hana Greenfield Memorial presents an exhibition of the newly awarded works in the foyer of the Terezín Ghetto Museum. The opening is accompanied by a ceremonial announcement of the results of the Terezín Memorial’s art com
