The traditional Terezín Commemoration was held for the 74th time in the National Cemetery on May 19, 2019. This event is organized by the Terezín Memorial in conjunction with the Ústí Region, the Terezín Initiative, the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, and the Terezín Municipality. This year´s Terezín Commemoration was held under […]
Events
Touring Exhibition Being at School in the War Years
Two years elapsed in March this year since the opening of a touring exhibition entitled Being at School in the War Years (1938 – 1945) in the Faculty of Education of the Charles University in Prague. The display summed up the work carried out by the teams taking part in the project of the same […]
Spring seminars for teachers in the Terezín Memorial
A seminar for Dutch teachers, entitled Learning about Theresienstadt in Terezin and co-sponsored by the Israeli Yad Vashem, was held in the Terezín Memorial between February 28 and March 3, 2019. In addition to a lecture and visits to the former Nazi repressive facilities in Terezín, its participants saw the performance of the children´s opera […]
Petr Ginz´s Drawing and Its Voyage to Outer Space
Monday, April 8, 2019 was a red-letter day for the Terezín Memorial. It welcomed the American astronaut Andrew Feustel with his wife Indira, accompanied by Mrs. Eva Zažímalová, President of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The distinguished American guest came to present to Mr. Jan Roubínek, Director of the Terezín Memorial, a copy of the […]