Documentation on the Extant Traces from the Time of the Ghetto in the Topography of Today´s Terezín To date, the history of the Terezín Ghetto (1941 – 1945) has been examined and traced in many extensive studies, and yet the general public is still quite unaware of the fact that the entire town of Terezín […]
Newsletter 4/2018
TEREZÍN GHETTO 1941 – 1945.
Educational Use of the Carvings in Poterne III by the Terezín Memorial´s Department of Education
The unique remembrance site, created by the former Ghetto inmates in the western section of Poterne III, strongly encourages researchers to engage in closer examination and continued search for its messages. As a result, the site inspired a workshop called Messages from the Past, part of the program offer prepared by the Department of Education […]
From the New Arrivals to the Collections of the Terezín Memorial – a Prison Jacket and an Army Identification Tag
A number of valuable new arrivals have been added to the collections of the Terezín Memorial this year. Some of them have been acquired thanks to a call for salvaging and preserving evidence and traces documenting Nazi persecution, that the Memorial has repeatedly published through its communication channels. Two new collection items are presented here. […]
Seminar for Czech Teachers in the Ravenbrück Memorial and in the Wannsee Conference House
A four-day third-tier teacher-training seminar, held in cooperation with the Terezín Memorial, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, the Ravensbrück Memorial and the Wannsee Conference House, took place in the first week of October 2018. Its participants were acquainted with the educational projects, prepared by the Ravensbrück Memorial and the […]
