The Department of the Education of the Terezin Memorial, in cooperation with the J. A. Komenský National Pedagogical Museum and Library, has prepared engaging workshops for upper primary and secondary school students accompanying the exhibition Childhood Under the Swastika, currently on display at the NPMK. Featured workshops include Terezín Ghetto through the Eyes of Children […]
Newsletter 1/2026
„… Every day in a person’s life is beautiful. Every day.”[1]
Chapters from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer Family and childhood Alice Herz was born in 1903 as the younger of twins into a German-Jewish family in Prague. Her mother, Sofie, came from Jihlava, from the German-speaking family of the merchant Ignatz Schultz. Her father, Friedrich Herz, had already been engaged in business in Prague before […]
Testimony of the Second Generation: A Story that Must Not Be Forgotten – Anka’s Story
On 20 January 2026, the attic theater in the former Magdeburg Barracks at the Terezín Memorial hosted a discussion between pupils from the Žulová and Milovice primary schools and Mrs. Alena Lehovecová, a second-generation Holocaust witness. Her story was not merely a historical lecture, but a personal testimony of courage, trauma, family bonds, and the […]
Historians from the Terezín Memorial and their Lecture Series in the Litoměřice Library
The series of lectures entitled “History around Us: Repressive Facilities in Terezín and Litoměřice (1940–1945)” (for more details on the first year, see Newsletter 2/2024: https://newsletter.pamatnik-terezin.cz/historie-kolem-nas/) was very well received by the general public. This positive response led the Terezín Memorial and the Karel Hynek Mácha library in Litoměřice decided to continue their cooperation. The […]
