From the history of the Terezín Memorial In 1947, on May 6, the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic passed a ruling on the establishment of a Memorial of National Suffering in the premises of the Small Fortress. Since that area had then been administered by the Ministry of National Defense it had to be transferred […]
Terezín Commemoration 2022
The traditional Terezín Commemoration was held in the National Cemetery in front of the Small Fortress in Terezín on May 15, 2022. Unlike the two previous years, when one commemoration had to be cancelled and one moved to a September date due to the Covid-19 epidemic, this year the event could take place at its […]
Exhibition of arts by Věroslav Bergr
The Terezín Memorial commemorates the 80th anniversary of the destruction of Lidice by staging a small exhibition of works of art by painter, graphic artist and illustrator Věroslav Bergr. Installed on the first floor of the Small Fortress Museum, the exhibition will be on display until the fall of next year. Tomáš Raichl
Seminar for Czech Schoolteachers “How to Teach about the Holocaust”
The seminar for Czech schoolteachers entitled “How to Teach about the Holocaust” was held in Terezín and in Prague between May 27 – 29, 2022. The Terezín Memorial has been organizing the seminar since 2000 in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic, the Jewish Museum in Prague, and […]