Even though life in our society as well as in our institution seemed to be running relatively unrestricted at the beginning of the 2020 school year, it was quite clear during September that the end of the year 2020 would be unfortunately much different, as compared (not only) with last year, and that a similar […]
Terezin Memorial Events
Fall Events at the Terezín Memorial
The spring wave of the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affected also the list of events prepared by the Terezín Memorial. Some of them had to be canceled, other events – whenever possible – were moved forward to the fall of this year. These included the seminar for schoolteachers How to Teach about the Holocaust, the ceremony […]
The Terezín Commemoration 2020
After the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald in April 1945, the camp´s survivors pledged in their joint proclamation, known as the Oath of Buchenwald, that until the very last roots of Nazism are eradicated from society the fight against this evil must be carried on. Since then commemorative ceremonies have been annually […]
Seminar in the Terezín Memorial focused on the use of video testimonies of Holocaust survivors in school education
A seminar for Czech schoolteachers, devoted to the use of video testimonies of Holocaust survivors at schools, was held in Terezín between June 12 and 14, 2020. The workshop took place in conjunction with the organizations Zachor – Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education and the Terezín […]
