(From the collections of the Terezín Memorial) In addition to many other noteworthy exhibits, the collections of the Terezín Memorial comprise objects relating to a somewhat neglected subject: namely weddings in the Terezín Ghetto. Between 1942 and 1945 several hundred weddings took place in the Ghetto. One of them has been documented to this day […]
Webinars (web seminars) of the Terezín Memorial´s Department of Education in the Fall of 2020
Even though life in our society as well as in our institution seemed to be running relatively unrestricted at the beginning of the 2020 school year, it was quite clear during September that the end of the year 2020 would be unfortunately much different, as compared (not only) with last year, and that a similar […]
Fall Events at the Terezín Memorial
The spring wave of the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected also the list of events prepared by the Terezín Memorial. Some of them had to be canceled, other events – whenever possible – were moved forward to the fall of this year. These included the seminar for schoolteachers How to Teach about the Holocaust, the ceremony […]
The Terezín Commemoration 2020
After the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald in April 1945, the camp´s survivors pledged in their joint proclamation, known as the Oath of Buchenwald, that until the very last roots of Nazism are eradicated from society the fight against this evil must be carried on. Since then commemorative ceremonies have been annually […]
