In 2019 the Terezín Memorial took advantage of an offer made by the Jewish Community in Prague to acquire its books kept in the depository of the Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences at Jenštejn. The books in this collection come from various sources. Some had been seized from individual Jewish communities and persons of […]
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A decorative box made by Milena Jesenská
From the Collections of the Terezín Memorial Milena Jesenská was born to her mother Milena, née Hejzlarová, and father Jan Jesenský in Prague on August 10, 1896. She attended the Minerva high school for girls and after graduation she followed her father´s wish and began studying medicine at Charles University. But a year later she […]
Plan of a wedding journey around the Ghetto and other objects – as a reminder of one wedding in the Terezín Ghetto
(From the collections of the Terezín Memorial) In addition to many other noteworthy exhibits, the collections of the Terezín Memorial comprise objects relating to a somewhat neglected subject: namely weddings in the Terezín Ghetto. Between 1942 and 1945 several hundred weddings took place in the Ghetto. One of them has been documented to this day […]
A Scale Model of a Polikarpov Fighter Plane from the Police Prison Terezín
An aluminum scale model of the Soviet fighter aircraft Polikarpov I-16 stands out as a unique exhibit in the collections of the Terezín Memorial. It was made in the workshops of the Gestapo Police Prison in Terezín´s Small Fortress by inmates Josef Formánek and Emil Král, possibly as a gift for Formánek´s sons Leoš and […]
