Michaela Vidláková was born to Irma and Jiří Lauscher in Prague on December 30, 1936. Her mother was a teacher in the Jewish elementary school in Prague´s Jáchymova Street, her father was employed in various companies, working mostly in clerical jobs. Both parents, supporters of Zionism, were actively involved in preparatory courses for emigration to […]
Newsletter 4/2019
The Terezín Ghetto and the Hartmann Family
In the fall of 2019 the Terezín Memorial obtained by gift a valuable set of 22 works of art created in the Terezín Ghetto. These include two watercolor drawings by Edita Hartmannová and twenty works made by her son Jan Hartmann (primarily watercolor Indian ink drawings). Most of the items depict everyday life in the […]
Workshop offered by the Department of Education: Mummy, Are We Germans or Czechs?
Lecturers of the Terezín Memorial´s Department of Education have drafted a methodology for a new workshop entitled Mummy, Are We Germans or Czechs?. This is featured among the Department´s educational programs offered to Czech school groups. Its title was inspired by a quote from a letter by Terezín Ghetto inmate Ilse Weber, written to her […]
