The Terezín Memorial was established in 1947 on the initiative of the government of Czechoslovakia as a “Memorial of National Suffering”; today it is the only institution of its kind in the Czech Republic. Originally built as a fortress town, from 1941 to 1945 Terezín (referred to in German as Theresienstadt) served as a concentration camp. About a kilometre outside the town is the Small Fortress, which was used as a Gestapo prison. The memorial is a monument to the tens of thousands of people who fell victim to racial and political persecution by the National Socialists. At the same time it is dedicated to research and education. The following buildings and places of remembrance are open to visitors: small fortress with national cemetery, ghetto museum, Magdeburg barracks, prayer room dating from the ghetto period, Jewish cemetery with crematorium, Russian cemetery, cemetery for Soviet soldiers, commemorative plaque at the railway branch line, memorial on the Ohře, columbarium with a section of the fortress wall, burial room and central mortuary.
Opening times
Small Fortress Winter daily 8 am to 4:30 pm, summer daily 8 am to 6 pm Ghetto Museum and Magdeburg Casern Winter daily 9 am to 5:30 pm, summer daily 9 am to 6 pm Crematorium, closed Saturdays Winter 10 am to 4 pm, summer 10 am to 6 pm Columbarium, Burial Room and Wake Chambers Winter daily 9 am to 5 pm, summer daily 9 am to 6 pm Prayer Room Winter daily 9 am to 5:30 pm, summer daily 9 am to 6 pm The terms “winter” and “summer” in the opening hours refer to the European winter and summer times, which change in October and March, respectively. 24. - 26.12. and 1.1. closed
Admission fees
Adults 215 Kč, reduced 165 Kč Reduced fee for groups (min. 40 persons) 10 Kč per person Family pass (2 adults and unlimited number of children) 425 Kč Ghetto Museum and Magdeburg Casern Adults 175 Kč, reduced 145 Kč Family ticket (2 adults and max. 3 children) 400 Kč
Extras/offers
guided tourscafeshopspecial exhibitionslectures
Misc. extras
Commemoration of the Dead of Terezín (every 3rd Sunday in May beginning at 10 am) Memorial service in honour of the victims of National Socialist persecution
Handicapped accessible
- handicapped accessible toilet
- limited handicapped accessible
Foreign language offers
Guided tours for groups (min. 10 persons) in Czech, German, English, Russian and Italian; by previous arrangement
Educational offers
Thematic offers for school pupils, students and teachers History of the Holocaust Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance in the Past and Present
