What are some of the lesser known circumstances surrounding the March events eighty-five years ago? What made the rapid implementation of the Nuremberg laws and censorship in the protectorate possible? How thoroughly had the Third Reich prepared for taking over Czech industry and colonizing the occupied territories? With what force did Nazi propaganda strike, and …
… At the Memorial of Silence, we kept this idea in mind as we put together the program for our March commemoration of the liquidation of the Terezín family camp. We presented the rediscovered legacy of Alma Rosé in a stage dramatization about this excellent violinist who was a witness to this act of mass …
This is how Karel Čapek describes the genesis of The Absolute at Large, the first of his anti-utopian novels. The themes he explored in his writing – the dangers of technological advances, war, blind lust for power, or religious fundamentalism – remain surprisingly topical today. In fact, it is this relevance that inspired us this …
The Absolute at Large
A performance by the Přírodní Škola secondary school Read More »
We also took a moment in this advent and Hanukkah season to light a candle in memory of Karl Schwarzenberg, the esteemed member of our Honorary Board who will be laid to rest in his family’s tomb during this year’s festival of lights.
The discussion was held on the anniversary of the founding of the Civic Forum. The invited speakers were asked an important question:What would you absolutely not want to see when it comes to commemorating the events of November 1989? You can watch the discussion online at Czech Television’s iVysílání. The event’s main media partner was …
Laying wreaths
A discussion at the Memorial of Silence on the subject of remembering Read More »
A pleasant feature of the debate was the interaction between the invited panel and the audience, which was excellently promoted by host Michael Rozsypal. While the guest speakers polemicized more on the question of how to understand the rational and emotional sides of patriotism, the students in the audience had various metaphors readily available. There …
Thank you to all who were not put off by the cold weather and the construction going on around this place of memory and came to join us in drumming against the silent majority. The event was held under the auspices of the Embassy of the State of Israel.
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “memorial ceremony”? Radka Denemarková, author and historianI could here play the song by Karel Kryl… it’s a kind of formal political act when certain moments from difficult times are simplified in that, once a year, we squeeze out a tear and lay a wreath. We often …
Ceremonies, Mourning, and Instagram
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The Memorial of Silence’s organizing team offers partner organizations and schools a venue for open discussion about how to commemorate important dates and grand stories of the twentieth century and how to work with them so that we may have a better understanding of the events we are witnessing today.
The original founding organization
Památník Šoa Praha, o. p. s. / Shoah Memorial Prague.
