(When the Documents talk…) Thanks to the preserved sources on its construction, on previous owners, its intended or actual use, every house in Terezín, whether built for military or civilian purposes, could serve as a piece into the mosaic of the town´s history. Take, for instance, the diverse and exceptionally rich file of documents relating […]
Newsletter 2/2021
Terezín Memorial and the IWalks Project: Teaching Democracy through Digital Local History
A two-day international online conference entitled Visegrad IWalks: Teaching Democracy through Digital Local History took place at the end of April 2021. This event turned out to be the culmination of the joint project, developed by four organizations from the countries making up the Visegrád Four and focused on the use of testimonies of Holocaust […]
IWalks – Ghetto in Terezín
Since March 2021, IWalk mobile application entitled Ghetto in Terezín has been available in virtual space to visitors of the former Terezín Ghetto and to history buffs. It is focused on several selected aspects of life in the wartime camp in the years 1941– 1945: the first Ghetto inmates, executions, health care, and the Ghetto´s propaganda […]
Terezín Memorial´s New Digitalization Center
The Terezín Memorial´s new Digitalization Center launched its operation as part of the project called Digitizing Collections in April 2021. The project is supported by the Claims Conference grant Shoah Research, Education and Documentation. Thanks to the grant, the Center has been equipped with a scanner, complete with LIMB support program, making it possible to […]
