As many as 1,057 prisoners arrived in the Terezín Ghetto in a transport codenamed AE 1 (Arbeitseinsatztransporte) on January 31, 1945. These were Jewish partners from what were called mixed marriages (one of the couple was classified as a Jew according to would-be legislative norms, the Nuremberg Laws). Hanuš Thein, a man of the theater, […]
Newsletter 1/2023
On the Reconstruction of the Ghetto Museum in Terezín and Preparations of Its New Exhibition
The primary impulse for launching the project “Ghetto Museum Terezín” was the pressing need to renovate the exhibition in the Ghetto Museum, which – now after more than 20 years of its existence (installed in 2001) – no longer meets the contemporary trends in museum presentation. In addition to designing a new exhibition, the project […]
Remembering Holocaust Survivors
Regrettably, Lisa Miková, Hana Hnátová and Bohumila Havránková, Holocaust survivors, passed away in 2022. In the past decades, they often came to the Terezín Memorial to take part in debates with young people as well as schoolteachers. Thanks to those contacts we could get to know one another much better and we would now like […]
Seminar for Czech schoolteachers Holocaust in Education in the Terezín Memorial
After a two-year break caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, the second-tier seminar for Czech schoolteachers Holocaust in Education was again held in 2022, proceeding between November 24 and 27. The seminar, traditionally organized by the Terezín Memorial in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, was attended by 38 […]
