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Czech Art Contest Testimonies

Czech students made original artwork inspired by the following testimony clips for an annual contest in Czech Republic. Several of the students' art were displayed at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Los Angeles.

Czech Art Contest Testimonies

Czech students made original artwork inspired by the following testimony clips for an annual contest in Czech Republic. Several of the students' art were displayed at the 2016 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Los Angeles.

Jaroslav Kraus on Escaping His Transport

Jaroslav describes how a German Army train was blown up right next to the train that was transporting him and other Jews through Czechoslovakia. He made the split-second decision to run up a nearby hillside and escape.

  • Jaroslav Kraus on Escaping His Transport

    Language: English

    Jaroslav describes how a German Army train was blown up right next to the train that was transporting him and other Jews through Czechoslovakia. He made the split-second decision to run up a nearby hillside and escape.

  • Eva Herrmannová on Defending Herself at School

    Language: English

    Czech Holocaust survivor Eva Herrmannová describes an incident at school when a boy called her an antisemitic name and she physically attacked him. To her surprise, the teacher reprimanded the boy and told her she was right.

  • Jan Orlík on Receiving Help from a Stranger

    Language: English

    Jan shares how a shopkeeper helped him hide and snuck him a train ticket so he could get farther from the Czech border. The shopkeeper, who was Jewish, said that he helped all refugees whether they were Jewish or not.

Moshe Avital on School in Czechoslovakia
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“Ours or Foreign?” Czech Project Engages 600 Teachers, Adds New Material

Wed, 08/05/2015 - 5:00pm
The Czech project Ours or Foreign? Jews in the Czech 20th Century delivered materials and training to 600 educators in the last fiscal year and added a new unit on the Terezín family camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau featuring testimony clips from the Visual History Archive.
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In Brno, Czech Republic, an ITeach and New IWalk

Thu, 04/30/2015 - 5:00pm
After an ITeach workshop April 15 at the Brno branch of the Jewish Museum of Prague’s Educational Center, a brand-new IWalk in Brno is now available online.
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Jewish Museum in Prague Uses Testimony in New Exhibit “Shattered Hopes”

Tue, 02/24/2015 - 5:00pm
After displaying testimonies from the Visual History Archive in its exhibit The Orient in Bohemia this fall, the Jewish Museum in Prague continues utilizing filmed testimony in its latest exhibit: “Shattered Hopes: Postwar Czechoslovakia as a Crossroads of Jewish Life.”
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USC Shoah Foundation’s Work Robust in Czech Republic

Thu, 02/13/2014 - 4:09pm
Twenty years since its founding, the USC Shoah Foundation maintains a vibrant presence in the Czech Republic to educate the next generation about genocide and tolerance through the use of its Holocaust survivor testimonies.
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Flora Altman Remembers her Grandparents
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