A festive preview of the exhibition entitled Josef Čapek – Painter, Poet, Writer was held in the lobby of the cinema in Terezín´s Small Fortress on April 7 this year. The opening ceremony was attended by Mrs. Kristýna Váňová, Directress of the Karel Čapek Memorial, and the Czech actress Zdeňka Procházková, who recited several poems […]
Terezin Memorial Events
Conference of Grammar School Students in Banská Bystrica
Two years ago, the Terezín Memorial was addressed by the Museum of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) located in Banská Bystrica with a request to cooperate on a joint Slovak-Czech project aimed at grammar school students in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The project was subsequently adjusted so that the registered Czech students worked on […]
The announcement of the results of the Terezín Memorial competitions in 2015
On 9th June 2015 in the cinema hall of the Ghetto Museum in Terezín, a ceremony was held to announce the winners of the 21st literary and 19th fine art annual competitions of the Terezín Memorial, which bear the subtitle Hana Greenfield’s Memorial to honour their inspirator and co-founder. The former ghetto prisoner, Hana Greenfield-Lustigová […]
“Sophie’s Choice – The Czech Way“ in the Terezín Memorial
In the first quarter of 2015, the Terezín Memorial hosted an exhibition of Judita Matyášová “Sophie’s Choice – The Czech Way”. The exhibition presents the fate of 80 Jewish children who in 1939 attended preparatory courses for life in Palestine, which brought them to Denmark and saved them from the for Jewish population increasingly burdensome […]