4th Memorial of Silence opinion forum If we were to identify the darkest days in our country’s history, 15 March 1939 would hold “honorable mention” among them. The proclamation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia came as a sudden break in our history, but Nazi Germany’s takeover and occupation of the Czech lands had …
Occupation – Colonization
19 March 2024
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This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the greatest single mass murder of Czechoslovak citizens. But are round anniversary years any more important than the others? Some events are so important that it might be a good idea to “unround” them and to treat each year as equally worthy of remembering. Because it is important …
The Přírodní Škola secondary school gave a well-attended theater performance in the train station hall. Author: Karel ČapekScript: Johan BřezkaDirected by: František Prokop, Johan Březka PrefaceOne spring day, at four in the afternoon, I finished writing RUR; with relief I put down my pen and went out for a walk. At first I felt a …
The Absolute at Large
A performance by the Přírodní Škola secondary school
21. 2. 2024 Read More »
On 30 January 2024, the Memorial of Silence and Senator Jiří Oberfalzer invited representatives from Bohemian and Moravian memory institutions to attend a half-day discussion on the potential for establishing a platform aimed at developing the culture of memory. The meeting was held under the patronage of former President of the Senate Petr Pithart. Today’s …
The Culture of Memory As a Distinctive Cultural Discipline
30. 1. 2024 Read More »
Traditional lighting of the first Hanukkah candle at the Memorial of Silence This year’s festival of lights in front of Bubny Station was held in the spirit of support for Israel in this difficult time. Thanks go to Chief Rabbi of the Czech Republic Karol Efraim Sidon for his speech and for lighting the candle. …
The new production of The Story of Petr and Hanuš was performed by students of Přírodní Škola under the direction of František Tichý. Through a combination of music and drama, the play introduces audiences to their texts and takes us on a journey in the footsteps of their prematurely-ended lives. The performance was realized as …
The final edition of Bubny Station Broadcasts in 2023 looked at the timeless question of patriotism… …but also at pride for or passivity towards one’s own legacy and people’s determination to act or not to act out of a sense of pride towards their country. The subject of pride in a country or in the …
Who’s the Patriot
Bubny Station Broadcasts
24. 10. 2023 Read More »
This year, the area surrounding Bubny Station was transformed from Prague’s largest brownfield into its largest construction site. With this, the space for our interventions into what we lovingly called the trash heap of history has come to an end. Although there is hope for the station building’s new role as a place of memory, …
Opening of the exhibition Gates of Memory
9. 10. 2023 Read More »
In this edition of Bubny Station Broadcasts Radka Denemarková, author and historianBarbora Stárková, Korzo národníMatyáš Borovský, history teacher at the Amazon secondary school and moderator Karolína Koubová reflected on commemorations of important past events, the teaching of history, and ceremonial forms of mourning… What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “memorial ceremony”? Radka …
Bubny Station Broadcasts
Ceremonies, Mourning, and Instagram
12. 10. 2023 Read More »
With this summer concert commemorating the liquidation of the Terezín family camp, the Memorial of Silence once again expanded the range of its activities. With his performance in the Large Courtyard of Prague’s Trade Fair Palace, distinguished Czech-American conductor Petr Kotík brought a distinctive classical music experiment to the Memorial’s music series, one moreover intended as …
Remembrance of BIIb Large Courtyard
Trade Fair Palace
27. 7. 2023 Read More »
The original founding organization
Památník Šoa Praha, o. p. s. / Shoah Memorial Prague.
