About this experience
Terezin is an 18th-century fortress, converted in November 1941 into a model concentration camp. Today, on its territory, there is a memorial complex reminding of the fates of millions of ghetto victims. The excursion to Terezin is an opportunity to hear and feel the desires of these people through the decades, their dreams, and their pain.
What to Expect
Small Fortress. From 1940-1945, it served as a prison by the Prague Gestapo for opponents of the Nazi regime. You will see guard rooms, prison cells, showers, sickrooms, and the execution site.
Ghetto Museum. You will visit the Memorial Hall of Children, where you will get acquainted with their names, poems, and drawings. You will also see an exhibition describing the beginning of the persecution of Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, life in the ghetto, transportation to work camps, and death camps.
Magdeburg Barracks. These were former army barracks that were used in World War II as the residence of the Jewish self-government. Today, it is a museum with exhibitions dedicated to the cultural activities of the ghetto's forced inhabitants.
Crematorium. Here, I will show you drawings and documentary photographs, four original furnaces, a morgue, and an autopsy room.
Columbarium. You will learn about how the morgue looked and how the burial ceremony was conducted.
Prayer Room. We will visit the room that was used for worship during the ghetto times.
Attic Replica. You will see a replica of the attic where prisoners could find some solitude.
Organizational Details
- The excursion takes place in a comfortable minivan. Transportation is included in the price.
- Entrance tickets are paid separately: adults - 310 crowns, children aged 10-18, students, visitors over 65 years old - 240 crowns.
