After liberation in 1945, Holocaust survivors sought to return to their homes and rebuild their lives within society. They returned to find their prewar worlds in ruins—few relatives had survived, and many had lost their entire families. In the years that followed, survivors often faced renewed manifestations of anti-Semitism and widespread indifference to their memories […]
Historical articles
Terezín – From War to Peace
In 2025, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, as well as the liberation of the Terezín Ghetto and the Gestapo Police Prison in the Small Fortress. Words such as “liberation” and “the end of the war” evoke positive feelings, symbolizing an end to the suffering endured by the prisoners […]
Reflections on War and Postwar Experiences…
Tired JoyMichal Flach So I have survived Out of my big heavy eyesI’m looking at the worldAnd my heart is heavy Hunger still sucks my strengthMy bones still hurt from yesterday’s blows So I have survivedSurvived? I look backAnd someone gives out milkAnd someone hands a towelAnd no one’s beating me if I can’t get […]
The life-story of Zuzana Peterová
Cooperation of the Terezín Memorial’s Department of Education with the So-Called Second-Generation Holocaust Survivors The life-story of Zuzana Peterová In 2023, the Department of Education of the Terezín Memorial commenced its collaboration with second-generation witnesses, who are the descendants of Holocaust survivors born after the war and who were not directly exposed to the traumatic […]
