Course: Memory of Theresienstadt ghetto

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Course title Memory of Theresienstadt ghetto
Course code KHI/KV124
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Märc Josef, Mgr.
Course content
1. History of Terezín within the Shoah 2. Specifics of life in the Terezín ghetto 3. Life of children and youth in the ghetto 4. Specifics of oral history for the history of the Terezín ghetto

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Students will be introduced to the role of the ghetto Theresienstadt in the context of the history of the Shoah. Students will be able to use diverse sources of eyewitness memories. Students will be introduced to the advantages and limits of personal recollection. Students will analyze and compare selected testimonies on different levels.
Students are familiar with the history and historical context of the existence of the Terezín ghetto. They are able to understand the main problems and influences in its development and direction. They know the basic professional literature on the period under study. They demonstrate the ability to critically interpret preserved testimonies. They are able to present the acquired knowledge through a text and discuss it.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Reflective analysis of selected testimony.
Recommended literature
  • ADLER, H.G. Terezín 1941-1945. Tvář nuceného společenství I-III. Praha, 2003.
  • Blodig Vojtěch - Kárný Miroslav (edd.). Terezín v konečném řešení židovské otázky: Mezinárodní konference historiků k 50. výroční vzniku terezínského ghetta. Praha, 1992.
  • Hájková Anna. Poslední ghetto: všední život v Terezíně. Praha, 2021.
  • CHLÁDKOVÁ, Ludmila. Terezínské ghetto. Praha, 1991.
  • Kasperová Dana. Výchova a vzdělávání židovských dětí v protektorátu a v ghettu Terezín. Praha, 2010.
  • Schindler Zdeněk - Margita Kárná-Lenka Linhartová - Toman Brod - Miroslav Kárný. Terezínská pamětní kniha. Židovské oběti nacistických deportací z Čech a Moravy 1941-1945. Díl 1.1 2.. Praha, 1995.
  • Vaněk, M. a kol. Naslouchat hlasům paměti: teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha, 2007.
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, MÜCKE, Pavel. Třetí strana trojúhelníku: teorie a praxe orální historie. Praha. 2022.


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