Reports
Testimonies of former inmates of the Gestapo prison in the Small Fortress and the Terezín ghetto.
2013 events and exhibitions for the Terezín Memorial
EVENTS
8 April Jom Ha’Šoa
Commemorative event in memory of the Shoah victims held on the occasion of the annual uprising in the Warsaw ghetto (19 April – 16 May...
Violinist, sokolist and psychologist
“My name is Křivohlavý, which is not to be used as the adjective Crooked Head. My fi rst name’s Jaro, for which I have the authorities to thank. I was originally to have...
How much luck is needed in unlucky times?
Oldřich Stránský was born on 2. 6. 1921 in Most to the Jewish family of a Czech grain merchant, František Stránský. However, he and his brother Jiří...
Worse than the Apocalyps Toman Brod
Toman Brod was born on 18th January 1929 in Prague into the family of a grain wholesaler. His dad, Arnošt, came from Bučice, while his mum Olga, née Picková, was born in...
An Actress to the Last
It’s not very often that a star of the silver screen leaves as little behind her as did the actress Anna Letenská. And yet her life story would be a great topic for a novel.
Born to the Terezín Ghetto
The person who we now wish to introduce is Fedor Gál. Unlike the other life stories, we have brought to you, his begins in Terezín on Mar. 20, 1945. In the ghetto, which during...
Unpredictable and Troublesome
Another personality who was, during the Nazi occupation, an involuntary “guest” of the Small Fortress in Terezín, was Emil František Burian (June 11, 1904, Pilsen...
Gardens of the Terezín Ghetto
I met Judith Rosenzweig in Špindlerův Mlýn, where every year she makes the long journey from Israel to meet her friends from the Terezín ghetto. She told me the story of...
Štěpán Cardinal Trochta
The oldest son of a Wallachian farmer, Štěpán, was born in the village of Francova Lhota on Mar. 26, 1905. He started his studies at the Archbishop Grammar School in...
Terezín Memorial – National Cultural Monument
In the Czech Republic this is the only institution of its kind whose mission is to maintain the memory of the victims of the racial and political persecution in the years of the Nazi...
