Even though life in our society as well as in our institution seemed to be running relatively unrestricted at the beginning of the 2020 school year, it was quite clear during September that the end of the year 2020 would be unfortunately much different, as compared (not only) with last year, and that a similar […]
Educational materials
Tracing the History of a Small Black Dog
Interestingly, the current offer of educational programs the Department of Education for school groups includes a project of research-focused and creative activities highlighting a cloth figurine of a black doggie. In fact, the original figurine of the small dog is kept in the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague. As a matter of fact, […]
Workshop Nazi Propaganda and the Terezín Ghetto
Quite recently, the Terezín Memorial´s Department of Education has expanded its offer of educational programs for school groups from the Czech Republic, introducing several new workshops. One of them is devoted to the Nazi propaganda in the Terezín Ghetto and in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The decision to devise its methodology was motivated […]
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 […]