Press releases

This week we received a visit from Ms Krejcova (Foreign Culture of Lower Austria) and Mr Halbauer from the Austrian Cultural Forum Prague, where we were not only able to present the work of the ITI, but also make personal contacts. We were able to discuss many topics that overlap with the work of our three institutions in order to promote Austrian-Czech exchange.

The MA Theater would love to cordially invite you to the Prague premiere of the theatre play Address Unknown, based on the 1938's best selling book by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor. The MA Theater's performance is taking place on the 28th of January at 7:30 PM at Divadlo Na Prádle, Besední 487/3, Prague 1. The play is performed in English.

You can learn more about the play here or in the attachment.

The year is 1933. Two childhood friends, the German Martin Schulse and the Jew Max Eisenstein, bound by student fraternity in Germany and then a gallery business in America, are now separated by the Atlantic. Max continues the Schulse-Eisenstein Galleries in San Francisco, while Martin and his wife and young children move back to native Germany.

Letters fly back and forth, from the Bavarian mansion, across the ocean, to San Francisco, to dear Maxel, and others are sent back to dear Martin. They are full of tenderness, common memories, and hope for Germany's happy future...

Direction: Marianna Arzumanova

Cast: Mario Baas, Jiří Valeš, Eva Alner

The original script, direction, scenography and soundtrack are work of Marianna Arzumanova, the director and founder of Prague's Theatre MA. The show premiered on 18th July 2022 in Verbier, and was shown again in London, New York, Geneve and Schloss Elmau, starring world-renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin and baritone Thomas Hampson.

From December 6 to 8, 2024, we hosted the seminar Antisemitism and Us in Terezín for teachers and peer educators from the Anne Frank Youth Network (AFYN). The event was organized in collaboration with European Practitioners against Antisemitism (EPNA), and with support from the German Federal Foreign Office.

Program and Key Speakers
The seminar offered a rich program focused on how to teach about antisemitism and the Holocaust in a way that has a tangible impact while avoiding unintended antisemitic outcomes. We were honored to welcome outstanding speakers:

• Tomáš Kraus, who guided participants through the authentic environment of the Terezín ghetto, sharing his family’s stories to enrich the educational experience.
• Jakub Drábik, who gave a lecture titled What is Fascism?, exploring its origins, manifestations, and methods of prevention.
• Peter Weisenbacher, who presented FRA research and additional data on how antisemitism is perceived and experienced by members of the Jewish community in Slovakia.

📚 Educate. ✊ Empower. 🔁 Repeat.

Are you between 16 and 26 years old and do you want to be part of a global network of youth taking action? Do you want to raise awareness of the dangers of prejudice, discrimination, racism and anti-Semitism?

Join the Anne Frank Youth Network and become a member of a global community!

Inspired by Anne Frank’s diary and her lifestory, all activities aim to raise awareness, increase active citizenship, foster dialogue and democratic values today. Together with your peers you will make a positive contribution to society and to your community! 

We kindly invite you to take part in our training of new youth ambassadors!

Last Friday, a group of exchange students from the USA visited us in Jáchymka for a workshop we organised in cooperation with @vertoeducation. During the time we spent together, we discussed the repressions and regulations that gradually eroded the rights of Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and how they affected them. In one activity we discussed what an ordinary day might be like for us, and then we saw how, over time, personal life became more and more restricted and participation in society was forbidden.  

One of the tasks of our Institute is to draw attention to the historical events and context of the phenomenon for which the name Holocaust has been adopted. One of the most tragic events that officially triggered the Nazi rampage and the persecution of the Jewish population of Europe happened exactly 86 years ago, on the night of 9-10 November. The Nazis themselves called it Kristallnacht, after the shattered windows of Jewish shops, homes and synagogues. Post-war history also knows it as the Reich Pogrom.