Jindřich Karpíšek was born in Jičín on May 31, 1905. He attended primary and junior secondary school in the town, after which he graduated from the teacher training institute. In 1925, he began his military service in Turnov and graduated from the school for reserve officers in Josefov. He subsequently had teaching jobs in a […]
Newsletter 3/2024
Content Created for IWITNESS – Brněnec Concentration Camp
In collaboration with the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and Open Eye, the Department of Education of the Terezín Memorial has developed the Brněnec Concentration Camp activity for the multimedia online educational platform IWITNESS. This content is one of 35 activities currently available to primary and secondary school pupils in the Czech language. These […]
Louise Hermanová – Educator from the Terezín Ghetto
Louise Hermanová, born Louise Freund on May 8, 1916, came from a Jewish family in Svitavy. Louise’s father was a shopkeeper. When she was only two years old, her mother died of the Spanish flu. Louise and her brother Arnošt, who was five years older, were then in the care of a Jewish governess for […]
The Terezín Memorial Art Competition Award Ceremony – Hana Greenfield Memorial 2024
The theme of the Terezín Memorial 28th art competition – the Hana Greenfield Memorial – was inspired by the following prompt “The first thing I will do after the war will be…” Whatever this “first thing” was – going home, reuniting with one’s family or friends, studying, getting revenge, or just getting something they’d been […]
