The traditional lighting of the first candle was held at Bubny station with the participation of Minister of Culture Martin Baxa, Vice-Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Jan Bartošek, and many other important guests. The candle on the Memorial of Silence’s menorah was lit by Chief Rabbi of the Czech Republic Karol Efraim Sidon and …
The Šarbilach orchestra’s autumn concert series continued with a performance for the Memorial of Silence at Bubny Station. The event was also an opportunity to remember the orchestra’s recently deceased founder, Jaromír Vogel. The concert has been made possible thanks to a contribution from the Endowment Fund for the Victims of the Holocaust, which is …
Bubny Station’s departures hall hosted the Přírodní Škola secondary school with their original performance titled A Visit from Prehistory. This excellently prepared and well-acted production commemorated the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Petr Ginz from Bubny to Terezín. Three sold-out performances encourage us to honor the legacy of the child hero of the ghetto. …
From Witness to Parable
A Visit from Prehistory
21–22 October 2022 Read More »
Bubny Station hosted a mini-seminar to which the Memorial of Silence invited several colleagues from other memory institutions. The goal of this seminar was to share experiences and to evaluate a recent trip by the Memorial of Silence’s organizing team to Poland. New museum institutions are lifting our northern neighbor to the top of the …
Narrative – Story – Experience
20 October 2022 at 4pm Read More »
This year, drumming against the silent majority on the anniversary of the first Jewish transport to leave Prague finally also resounded against the silent stillness of the area surrounding Bubny Station. For many years, we have been promising that we will soon begin converting Bubny Station into the Memorial of Silence, and we no longer …
A discussion evening about interventions into public space and about the Memorial of Silence’s dialogue with Prague’s largest brownfield, which is now coming to an end. In the spring of 2023, extensive renovation works will begin on the train tracks at and around Bubny-Zátory station. The Memorial of Silence, too, will begin its renovation project, …
The End of Ephemerality
Exhibition opening and closing
11. 10. 2022 Read More »
The opening of the exhibition Album G.T. was well-attended by members of the public, in particular people interested in this important historical discovery. Initial reactions have made it clear that the images – and their grand stories – are truly captivating. “The album from the Terezín Ghetto that we (…) managed to acquire two years …
The exhibition was extended twice, was visited by nearly 10,000 people, and its accompanying educational program was attended by a promising number of schools.We are glad that we could contribute to the various exhibition projects commemorating the anniversary of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich with a different and – judging by visitors’ responses – new …
The exhibition The New Word Order
to a close on 28 August 2022 Read More »
A few days before the end of the exhibition, there was a guided tour led by curator Pavel Štingl. Thank you for your interest and generous participation.
The original founding organization
Památník Šoa Praha, o. p. s. / Shoah Memorial Prague.
