The crematorium in Litoměřice, part of the branch of the former Flossenbürg concentration camp in World War II, currently administered by the Terezín Memorial, hosted a lecture and a guided tour of this memorial site for the public on April 6, 2023. The main speakers at the event were PhDr. Ivana Rapavá, Ph.D., head of […]
Terezin Memorial Events
On the Reconstruction of the Ghetto Museum in Terezín and Preparations of Its New Exhibition
The primary impulse for launching the project “Ghetto Museum Terezín” was the pressing need to renovate the exhibition in the Ghetto Museum, which – now after more than 20 years of its existence (installed in 2001) – no longer meets the contemporary trends in museum presentation. In addition to designing a new exhibition, the project […]
75th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Terezín Memorial and the Exhibitions: The Terezín Memorial in the Changes of Time 1989 – 2022 and New Accessions to the Collections of the Terezín Memorial from the Years 2017 – 2021
From the history of the Terezín Memorial In 1947, on May 6, the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic passed a ruling on the establishment of a Memorial of National Suffering in the premises of the Small Fortress. Since that area had then been administered by the Ministry of National Defense it had to be transferred […]
Terezín Commemoration 2022
The traditional Terezín Commemoration was held in the National Cemetery in front of the Small Fortress in Terezín on May 15, 2022. Unlike the two previous years, when one commemoration had to be cancelled and one moved to a September date due to the Covid-19 epidemic, this year the event could take place at its […]