Seventy-five years will have elapsed in the autumn of 2019 since the time when – between September 28 and October 28, 1944 – more than 18,000 inmates left the Terezín Ghetto in 11 transports heading to the East. We reported on these transports, on their historical context and on the methods of their organization in […]
The Terezín Commemorative Ceremony 2019
The traditional Terezín Commemoration was held for the 74th time in the National Cemetery on May 19, 2019. This event is organized by the Terezín Memorial in conjunction with the Ústí Region, the Terezín Initiative, the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, and the Terezín Municipality. This year´s Terezín Commemoration was held under […]
Announcement of the winners of the Terezín Memorial´s art competitions – Hana Greenfield Memorial
The winners of the Terezín Memorial´s 25th literary competition and the 23rd arts contest, named after their initiator, co-founder and sponsor, the Hana Greenfield Memorial competitions, this time held under the joint title I Am Here Without My Family, were announced in the cinema of the Ghetto Museum in Terezín on June 5, 2019. The […]
Life of František Crhounek in Documents
In 2018 the Terezín Memorial´s Department of Documentation obtained by gift a total of eighteen written documents and photographs connected with the history of the Gestapo Prison in the Small Fortress Terezín, the Terezín Ghetto and other Nazi persecution facilities. These are various extensive files as well as individual items. In addition to other acquisitions, […]
