Since the end of 2020 the Terezín Memorial´s offer of online educational programs for schools has featured a new workshop called Love in the Terezín Ghetto. Its key purpose is to acquaint schoolchildren and youth with the ruthless Holocaust machinery and the life of the Terezín Ghetto inmates, as seen through their romantic relationships and […]
A decorative box made by Milena Jesenská
From the Collections of the Terezín Memorial Milena Jesenská was born to her mother Milena, née Hejzlarová, and father Jan Jesenský in Prague on August 10, 1896. She attended the Minerva high school for girls and after graduation she followed her father´s wish and began studying medicine at Charles University. But a year later she […]
History of the house No. 145 in Terezín
(When the Documents talk…) Thanks to the preserved sources on its construction, on previous owners, its intended or actual use, every house in Terezín, whether built for military or civilian purposes, could serve as a piece into the mosaic of the town´s history. Take, for instance, the diverse and exceptionally rich file of documents relating […]
Terezín Memorial and the IWalks Project: Teaching Democracy through Digital Local History
A two-day international online conference entitled Visegrad IWalks: Teaching Democracy through Digital Local History took place at the end of April 2021. This event turned out to be the culmination of the joint project, developed by four organizations from the countries making up the Visegrád Four and focused on the use of testimonies of Holocaust […]
