The Terezin Initiative is anassociation of former prisoners of Terezin and Lodz ghettos from the Czech lands and their direct descendants. Its objective is to keep, in a worthy way, the memory of those who perished during the Holocaust. Members of the Initiative often take part in discussions with younger generations, who learn about this […]
Events
Hana Greenfield has passed away (3rd November 1926 – 27th January 2014)
On 27th January 2014, when the world commemorated the Holocaust Memorial Day, sad news arrived in Terezin in the early evening – Hana Greenfield had died. Born in Kolin in the former Czechoslovakia, prisoner of the Terezin Ghetto, Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen, since 1952 living in Israel. After the war, which deprived her of mom, dad […]
Perpetrators of Crimes. The SS repressive staffs in Terezin and Litomerice, 1940 – 1945
Perpetrators of Crimes. The SS repressive staffs in Terezin and Litomerice, 1940 – 1945 The exposition Perpetrators of Crimes presents by means of 37 gripping panels the SS members who participated in the brutal treatment of Jewish and non-Jewish inmates and their murders within 1940-1945. The exposition is divided into several sections. Three main parts […]
Activities at Terezin Memorial
Terezin commemoration 2013 and memorial of the last execution in the Small Fortress On Sunday 19th May 2013 two commemorative acts took place in the Memorial. The first one at the former place of execution in the Small Fortress to honour more than 50 victims of the last execution carried out in the Terezin police […]
