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 […]
Events
The conference on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of establishment of Gestapo police prison in the Small Fortress
In June 2010 it was 70 years since Gestapo police prison was established in Terezín’s Small Fortress, thus becoming one of the dismal symbols of occupation of the Czech land by Nazi Germany. On this occasion, the History Department of the Terezín Memorial organized a scientific conference “Small Fortress and the Nazi persecution in the […]
Yom HaShoah in Terezín
In April, on the day when the world remembers the start of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (19 April 1943), is the Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom HaShoah. This day is annually commemorated by the Terezín Memorial as well. Each year, the names of those who died directly in the Terezín ghetto during World War II […]
The commemorative gathering on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the 16 October 1944 transport and opening of an exhibition by Alfred Kantor
On the occasion of the anniversary of the 16 October 1944 transport, there was a commemorative gathering held on 16 October 2009 the former Magdeburg barracks. Those in attendance commemorated the 65th anniversary of the autumn extermination transports. From 28 September 1944 through 28 October 1944, 11 transports took 18,402 prisoners from Terezín to Auschwitz-Birkenau. […]