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 […]
Events
Jan Munk Passed Away
Jan Munk, a former long-time Director of the Terezín Memorial, died of a serious illness on May 12, 2019. Jan Munk stood at the helm of the Terezín Memorial between 1990 and 2017 and proved to be one of the leading lights of the large-scale transformation of the Memorial that got under way after 1989. […]
Remembering Doris Grozdanovičová
A sad piece of news – the passing away of Mrs. Doris Grozdanovičová at the age of 93 – reached us late in the afternoon of August 21, 2019. Doris was born in Jihlava on April 7, 1926; after a time she moved with her family to Brno. During World War II she and her […]
Beit Theresienstadt in Terezín
Very special and welcome visitors stayed in the Terezín Memorial between May 14 and 16, 2018, namely staff and guides of the Israeli memorial Beit Theresienstadt (more about the memorial – Terezín Newsletter No. 1/2018). During their stay in Terezín the employees of our allied institution were introduced to the Terezín Memorial´s activities, plans and […]
