I was born in 1950. My mother, known throughout her life as Anka (Anna Hyndráková — editor’s note), was only twenty-one at the time, and just five years had passed since the end of the war. Four years later, my brother was born. We have always been very close. He and his family now live […]
Terezín Commemoration 2025
On Sunday, May 18, 2025, the Terezín Commemoration took place at the National Cemetery in front of the Small Fortress in Terezín. Attended by the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, it served as this year’s principal commemorative event of the Terezin Memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation and the end of […]
Award Ceremony for the 29th Art Competition and the 1st Film Contest – Hana Greenfield Memorial 2025
“Nevermore?” was the keynote of the 29th art competition and the inaugural year of the film contest, both held as part of this year’s Hana Greenfield Memorial. The event was organized by the Terezín Memorial in cooperation with the National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius, and the Open Eye Association. Participants were […]
Terezín Memorial´s Exhibition The Unbroken
The exhibition called The Unbroken opened in the Terezín Memorial, in the lobby of its Small Fortress cinema on September 19, 2024. Its author, Hana Procházková, is an employee of the Memorial´s Department of Documentation. The following interview highlights some of the facts from behind the scenes of the exhibition. The exhibition features twenty-one panels […]
