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 […]
Terezin Memorial Events
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 […]
Terezín Transports. Deportations of Jews from Terezín and Deportations from the Terezín Ghetto to Places of Extermination and Slave Labor.
In January 2020, the Terezín Memorial opened its new historical-documentary exhibition devoted to transports, vitally significant events in the life of Terezín inmates. Even though these topics are briefly explored in the main exhibition of the Ghetto Museum, the newly opened permanent display offers a wealth of information both on the incoming transports to Terezín, […]
Guided video tour of the art exhibition in the Small Fortress Museum, Terezín Memorial
Between mid-March and mid-May 2020, when the Terezín Memorial was closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, its employees in all the Departments were working on many different projects. For instance, on the reconstruction of some interior premises in the Small Fortress, etc. At that time, the Terezín Memorial devised a completely […]
