The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland, hosted a seminar for Czech schoolteachers on October 3‒6, 2024. Held regularly since 2002 in collaboration with the Polish Museum, this third-level seminar has been financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. This year, 33 teachers from across the Czech Republic […]
Czech-Polish Seminar, Part II
The Department of Education of the Terezín Memorial, working in collaboration with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, hosted a Czech-Polish educational seminar from September 19 to 22, 2024. This was the second part of this educational project. The course was attended by a group of Czech schoolteachers who had previously met their Polish counterparts […]
Jindřich Karpíšek
Jindřich Karpíšek was born in Jičín on May 31, 1905. He attended primary and junior secondary school in the town, after which he graduated from the teacher training institute. In 1925, he began his military service in Turnov and graduated from the school for reserve officers in Josefov. He subsequently had teaching jobs in a […]
Content Created for IWITNESS – Brněnec Concentration Camp
In collaboration with the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and Open Eye, the Department of Education of the Terezín Memorial has developed the Brněnec Concentration Camp activity for the multimedia online educational platform IWITNESS. This content is one of 35 activities currently available to primary and secondary school pupils in the Czech language. These […]
