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 […]
Terezin Memorial Events
Exhibition “Truth and Lies. Filming in the Terezín Ghetto 1942-1945“
Since September 2014 the Terezín Memorial has expanded its expositions with a permanent exhibition Truth and Lies. Filming in the Terezín ghetto 1942 – 1945 dedicated to the Nazi films created in the Terezin ghetto within 1942 – 1945. The exhibition has moved to Terezin from the Robert Guttmann Gallery of the Jewish Museum in […]
Czech-German Youth Meeting in Terezin (April 25th – 27th, 2014)
Last weekend in April, the Terezín Memorial hosted the 8th Meeting of Czech and German Youth, organized by Tandem, whose main activity is the coordination of youth exchange between these two countries. The event was attended by approximately 80 Czechs and Germans at the age of 16 to 26. The programme reflected its motto Together […]
Important visits in the Terezín Memorial
In the first half of April, Terezin was visited by European Parliament President Martin Schulz in the company of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. Both politicians laid wreaths at the National Cemetery near the Small Fortress and, accompanied by Deputy Director of the Terezín Memorial Vojtěch Blodig, they visited the Memorial objects as well as recently […]
