turned out to be of even greater demand for schoolteachers . Growing out of fairly modest beginnings , a multifaceted system of educational programmes began to take shape , now ranking among the Terezín Memorial ’ s key and highlighted branches .
Remembrance events play a key role in commemorating the tragic past , associated with reflections of the challenges and threats to our times . The most important of these events is the Terezín Commemoration , which has grown to be the main act of remembrance in honour of the Czech victims and victims from many other European countries who passed through the Nazi repressive facilities in Terezín and Litoměřice , as well as those who perished in other parts of Nazi-occupied Europe . The actual significance of this event , held in the National Cemetery in Terezín , is stressed each year by the attendance of top-ranking officials representing Czech political parties , civic associations and unions , as well as ambassadors of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition and the survivors of the Nazis ’ repressive facilities . Unfortunately , the number of these most important participants of the commemorative rallies is shrinking …
It is symptomatic of the great importance of this event that Czech media outlets are keen to cover it ; in the past few years , the Terezín Commemoration has been regularly broadcast live by Czech TV .
The Terezín Commemoration is always preceded by an act of remembrance at the former execution ground in the Gestapo Police Prison in the Small Fortress , held in honour of the victims of the last wartime execution , just before the end of the war , on 2 May 1945 . The event is also dedicated to all other victims of this infamous repressive facility .
However , acts of remembrance are also held to honour the victims of the other totalitarian regime that ruled the country for several decades . Symbolic in this regard is Dr Milada Horáková , a leading democratic politician jailed in the Gestapo Police Prison during the war . As soon as the war ended , Horáková joined the struggle for the future orientation of Czechoslovakia ; soon after the Communist dictatorship came to power , she was sentenced to death in a politically motivated show trial and executed . A commemoration is held in the Milada Horáková Memorial Hall in the Small Fortress every year in June to mark the anniversary of her execution . This event is organised in conjunction with the Confederation of Political Prisoners .
In the research sector in general , the Terezín Memorial expanded the processing of documents from the domestic and foreign archives ,
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