Attend the conference on "Terezín – history and memory"

The Terezín concentration camp is one of the key sites of tragic memory in Central Europe.  It is the symbol of the memory of the Holocaust and the Second World War for the Czechs. It consists of a former Gestapo prison and a Jewish ghetto. In a broader context, Terezín is a transfer station on the way to the eastern extermination camps, not only for the Czech Jewish community, but also for the citizens of Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia and Hungary. 

The objective of the meeting is to make the French public rediscover the history of Terezín.

FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2022, at the Holocaust memorial

from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Part 1: History

Tomáš Fedorovič, historian, Terezín Memorial, will present the reality of the ghetto in the context of the final solution of the Jewish question from 1941 to 1945. 

Erich Spitz, born on 27 March 1931 in Czechoslovakia, a survivor of the Terezín ghetto will share his personal memories and the story of his life in the ghetto before his emigration to France.

Second part: Memory

Jan Roubínek, director of the Terezín Memorial, will present the institution, its role and activities

Jiří Hnilica, historian, director of the Czech Centre in Paris, and historian will present the Memorial of Silence under construction in Prague. 

The Forum Terezín project is taking place simultaneously in the Czech Republic and France; the art installation "Malgré tout, créer" has already been presented in Terezín in March; the main program of the Forum will take place in Paris from 20 to 21 May 2022.

Upon registration by email or by phone at +33 (0)1 53 73 00 22

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