Czech Republic
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Read more: Religious ResilienceToday, we visited the Terezin Fortress. This visit consisted of both the small fortress and the large, or main, fortress. The fortress was constructed at…
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Read more: Nicht Frei, Niemals FreiAn hour north of Prague on the outskirts of the Sudetenland lies Terezín, an 18th century fortress named for Empress Maria Theresa who oversaw the…
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Read more: TerezinAfter visiting Terezin, my understanding of Czech resilience deepened significantly. Walking through the small fortress and learning about its use as a concentration camp, I…
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Read more: Remembering TerezinToday was an early wake up for a bus ride to Terezin. Terezin was first built as a military fortress mainly to protect against the…
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Read more: Power of Art and CreationToday we visited the former Hapsburg fortress of Terezin, which was also used by the Nazis during WW2 as a intermediate point between the town…
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Read more: TerezinVisiting Terezin was one of the most sobering experiences of my life. While it was sad, I am glad I got the chance to visit.…
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Read more: Terezín MemorialToday we went to Terezín, which is about an hour away from Prague. The name Terezín comes from Empress Maria Theresa of Austria-Hungary. Her son…
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Read more: The Day at TerezínToday was definitely filled with a lot of emotion and has been quite different from the other days we’ve had recently. We spent the majority…
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Read more: Walking through HistoryWalking into the Terezin today I could not help but think about how we were seeing exactly what the Jewish prisoners saw years ago when…
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Read more: A somber day at Terezin
Today, we spent our day at Terezin concentration camp. I was extremely sad and difficult to see, but it is something that we all need…
