Cultural program
Remembrance of BIIb – Sound & Silence
13 July at 7pm
Large Courtyard, Trade Fair Palace
This year, we once again remember the July events associated with the liquidation of the Terezín family camp at Auschwitz.
At 7pm on 13 July in the Large Courtyard of the Trade Fair Palace, New York-based Czech composer, conductor, and flutist Petr Kotík will present a commemorative musical composition dedicated to the places associated with the deportation of members of his own family. He has called his composition: Sound & Silence
music: Petr Kotík
text: Gertrude Stein
soprano: Irena Troupová and Zuzana Barochová
flute: Petr Kotík and Daniel Havel
violin: Anna Romanovská
percussion: Martin Opršál and Filip Závorka
trumpet: Adam Richter a Jan Červenka
Registration required. Contact us at: rezervace@pamatnikticha.cz
The concert is held under the auspices of President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel and Minister of Culture Martin Baxa.
Remembrance of BIIb
Wednesday, 8 March 2023 at 4pm
Bubny Station
The largest mass murder of Czechoslovak citizens took place on 8 March 1944.
On 8 March 2023, we will again mark the liquidation of the Terezín family camp at Auschwitz.
The David Dorůžka Jazz Trio will honor the anonymous deceased photographer of a unique recently discovered photograph showing the deportation of those who never returned from Auschwitz.
Memories of survivors will be read by students from the Lauder Schools.
Dark February
23 February 2023 at 3pm
Mayor's Residence, Mariánské nám. 98/1, Prague 1
2nd Memorial of Silence Opinion Forum
Important personalities present brief (no more than seven-minute) reflections with timeless meaning.
Our current topic:
Stereotypes as a basic tool of manipulation and disinformation campaigns.
The meeting will look at two important February anniversaries:
24 February – one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
25 February – 75 years since the communist putsch in Czechoslovakia.
Our goal is to focus on historical dates that can stimulate public dialogue, to offer a venue for the views of interesting personalities, and to remember the past while exploring parallels to the present.
The following speakers have accepted our invitation: Petr Pithart, Tomáš Halík, Alice Koubová, Michael Romancov, Petr Fischer, Ivana Svobodová, Jan Urban či Ladislav Snopko.
Basic questions for our guests:
Do these two events, separated by three quarters of a century, have anything in common with today's disinformation war?
What patterns of disinformation do they share? What stereotypes do they work with? And how are they expressed by different generations?
Are stereotypes and their identification key to society's self-defense against media manipulation?
Which easily abused prejudice do you fear most today?
Moderators: Renata Kalenská and Jan Bumba.
The opinion forum can be watched on Czech Television's iBroadcast.
For those interested in the Memorial of Silence's last discussion forum, Briefly on Wannsee, we offer a publication summarizing the discussion and a link to Czech Television's live broadcast of the event: HERE
The event is held under the auspices of the Mayor of Prague.
The main media partner is Czech Television. Other partners are the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the City of Prague, Prague 7 Municipal District, and the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art.
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