„I felt compelled to write Children of the Holocaust.“ Although Helen Epstein was born after the war and did not directly experience the Holocaust, it has haunted her and many other ‘children of the Holocaust’ since childhood, like a curse that they do not understand and cannot name. It weighs on them like an overwhelming […]
My Life and My Love for the Jewish Monuments in Černovice near Tábor and in Pacov
My name is Michal Arend. I am a sociologist by education, currently retired. I belong to the “Second Generation,” a term referring to the descendants of concentration camp survivors. I was among the first to begin speaking in schools and at public forums about the experiences my parents and other Jewish ancestors faced before, during, […]
Diaries and Notes of Terezín Inmates Věra Segerová, Arnošt Klein and Marie Kleinová
In October 2025, the Terezín Memorial published the Diary of Věra Segerová (1927–1943) and the Terezín Diaries of Arnošt Klein and Marie Kleinová. The volume contains detailed diaries and notes kept by three prisoners of the Terezín Ghetto between 1941 and 1945: Věra Segerová (1927–1943), her uncle Arnošt Klein (1898–1944), and her aunt Marie Kleinová […]
Educational Seminar “The Experience of Descendants Born to Survivors of Nazi Persecution and Repression”
On September 6 and 7, 2025, a seminar took place at the Lidice Memorial and the Terezín Memorial, focusing on the so-called second generation of witnesses—namely, the descendants of individuals who were persecuted by the Nazi regime. This trauma, stemming from persecution, imprisonment, and the loss of loved ones, has been passed down to future […]
