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 […]
Events
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. […]
A retrospective of the Terezín Memorial contests’ award ceremonies
For the 15th annual edition of the literary contest and the 13th annual edition of the art contest held by the Terezín Memorial, the I and the war theme was chosen in order to remind us of the horrors of World War II (this year being the 70th anniversary of its outbreak). The total of […]
