The exhibition of the former prison laundry of the former Gestapo Police Prison in the Small Fortress, Terezín, expanded in autumn 2015 after the reconstruction of the prison laundry room in courtyard III. Visitors so get a unique opportunity to get acquainted with one of the many job descriptions of so-called Interior Commandos, responsible for […]
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Project Being at School in the War Years (1938 – 1945)
At the present days a project called Being at School in the War Years (1938 – 1945) is going on at schools of the Czech Republic. It is organized by the Terezin Memorial, the Czech Republic, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, The National Pedagogical Museum and the J. A. Komenský (Comenius) Library in Prague, […]
New project Schoolchild in the War Years
We would like to draw your attention to the announcement of a new pupil and student project of the Terezín Memorial and its partners: the Terezín Initiative Institute and the National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius in Prague, presented under the title Schoolchild in the War Years. The project is more-leveled, students […]
About the cooperation between the Terezin Memorial Education Department and the Terezin Initiative
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 […]