This year it is already 70 years since Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated. The situation that occurred in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia afterwards had an impact also on life in the Terezin ghetto and Gestapo police prison in the Small Fortress. On 28th May 1942, martial law was declared in the Protectorate, which allowed […]
Newsletter 2/2012
Czech-Israel Lecture Series for Teachers
Between 24th – 26th January 2012, there took place the first series of lectures for teachers on Holocaust, Holocaust denial and Holocaust education, thanks to the cooperation of 4 organisations: Israeli Yad Vashem Memorial, Jewish Museum in Prague, the USC Shoa Foundation Institution and the Terezin Memorial. Within three days, four teachers visited three cities […]
Exhibitions of the Educational Department of the Terezin Memorial in 2011
“Me and the War” A collection of pictures with the title “Me and the War” from the Terezin Memorial competitions in 2009 was on display in the Information Centre in Kravare near Ceska Lipa starting 6th May 2011. On that day the exhibition opening took place in the Information Centre. The opening programme, which had been prepared […]
Extension of Terezin Memorial Expositions – Replica of Attic in Dlouha Street
Several years ago, the Terezin Memorial opened to the public a prayer room from the ghetto times at 17 Dlouha Street in Terezin. In the attic above the prayer room, remains of a “closet”, small dormitories were discovered.Closets served as a kind of emergency accommodation for Terezin ghetto prisoners. They were made on the lofts […]
