In addition to lack of food, work exhaustion and mistreatment by the supervisory personnel, the inhuman conditions of imprisonment in Nazi repressive facilities also brought along dismal hygienic and medical care. To provide sick prisoners with at least the minimum of needed care, the official authorized doctors were helped by numerous doctors, medics and nurses […]
Prison Laundry Room (Wäscherei) – a new permanent exposition in the former Gestapo Police Prison in Terezín
The exhibition of the former prison laundry of the former Gestapo Police Prison in the Small Fortress, Terezín, expanded in autumn 2015 after the reconstruction of the prison laundry room in courtyard III. Visitors so get a unique opportunity to get acquainted with one of the many job descriptions of so-called Interior Commandos, responsible for […]
International seminar for teachers held in Terezín
Between 26th and 29th November 2015, the Terezín Memorial hosted the 15th annual seminar “Holocaust in Education” attended by 44 Czech teachers. While the first stage of the education cycle “How to teach about the Holocaust” is conducted by Czech lecturers only, the November seminar welcomes also speakers from international institutions (the Israeli memorial Yad […]
The Terezín Ghetto and the Fight against Insects
The Terezín ghetto was to serve merely as a stop for Jewish prisoners before their final liquidation in the East as planned by the Nazis. Yet, even this “stop” created conditions which contributed to the deaths of thousands of deportees. From the beginning, there were problems associated with the location and survival of huge amount […]
