The Terezín Memorial, working in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, hosted the second-tier seminar for Czech schoolteachers Holocaust in Education in the fall of last year for the 21st time. During the four busy days of the seminar (November 23-26, 2023), teachers had an opportunity to gain […]
Righteous Libuše Friesová
Let us recall the life story of an exceptional woman, Libuše Friesová who was awarded in 1999 the title Righteous among the Nations for saving the lives of four people. The award-giving ceremony at the Israeli Embassy in Prague was attended, among other people, by two of the saved women, namely her sister-in-law Erna Seykorová […]
The Lambs of Doris Grozdanovičová
A small-scale exhibition devoted to Doris Grozdanovičová and especially to “her lambs” has been newly on display in the premises of the Terezín Memorial´s Education Center II in Fučíkova Street in Terezín since April 2023. Doris Grozdanovičová, née Schimmerlingová, was imprisoned in the Terezín Ghetto from January 1942 to May 1945. For most of her […]
Seminar for Czech Schoolteachers in the Ravensbrück Memorial and in the House of the Wannsee Conference
Attended by 31 Czech schoolteachers, an educational seminar was held in the Ravensbrück Memorial and in the House of the Wannsee Conference between October 12 and 15, 2023. This was a third-tier seminar, part of a multi-level structure of educational programs, organized by the Terezín Memorial in conjunction with the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth […]
