In January 2020, the Terezín Memorial opened its new historical-documentary exhibition devoted to transports, vitally significant events in the life of Terezín inmates. Even though these topics are briefly explored in the main exhibition of the Ghetto Museum, the newly opened permanent display offers a wealth of information both on the incoming transports to Terezín, […]
Newsletter 2/2020
A Scale Model of a Polikarpov Fighter Plane from the Police Prison Terezín
An aluminum scale model of the Soviet fighter aircraft Polikarpov I-16 stands out as a unique exhibit in the collections of the Terezín Memorial. It was made in the workshops of the Gestapo Police Prison in Terezín´s Small Fortress by inmates Josef Formánek and Emil Král, possibly as a gift for Formánek´s sons Leoš and […]
Tracing the History of a Small Black Dog
Interestingly, the current offer of educational programs the Department of Education for school groups includes a project of research-focused and creative activities highlighting a cloth figurine of a black doggie. In fact, the original figurine of the small dog is kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. As a matter of fact, […]
Guided video tour of the art exhibition in the Small Fortress Museum, Terezín Memorial
Between mid-March and mid-May 2020, when the Terezín Memorial was closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, its employees in all the Departments were working on many different projects. For instance, on the reconstruction of some interior premises in the Small Fortress, etc. At that time, the Terezín Memorial devised a completely […]
