(October 29, 1892 Prague – October 7, 1943 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp) “Clean, genuine, honest, consistent. Humility and pride, perceptiveness and detachment, devotion and independence, shyness and courage in an unswerving balance,” Franz Kafka. The year 2024 marks the centenary anniversary of the death of Franz Kafka (1883–1924), we cannot help but remember the youngest of […]
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Irma Lauscherová and the Tree of the Terezín Children
This year marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Irma Lauscherová. We were, therefore, delighted that her daughter, RNDr. Michaela Vidláková, complied with our request and wrote a short recollection of her mother´s life, complete with the story of the Tree of the Terezín Children. A maple tree once stood in the Jewish cemetery […]
Content Created for IWITNESS – Brněnec Concentration Camp
In collaboration with the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive and Open Eye, the Department of Education of the Terezín Memorial has developed the Brněnec Concentration Camp activity for the multimedia online educational platform IWITNESS. This content is one of 35 activities currently available to primary and secondary school pupils in the Czech language. These […]
Terezín Memorial, One of the Regional Sites of Conference Excursions During the 26th ICOM General Conference
In August 2022 the Czech Republic played host to the 26th ICOM General Conference (August 20 – 28), entitled ICOM Prague 2022, “The Power of Museumsˮ. Held once in three years, this conference serves as a hub for promoting international contacts among museums. This year´s conference venue was the Congress Center Prague and its main […]
