The Terezin International Music Center was launched. The private
institute is located in the Czech town of Terezin, site of a former Nazi
concentration camp and ghetto, Theresienstadt in German. The
music center, which opened Wednesday, will offer a series of concerts featuring the works of the many Jewish musicians murdered by the
Nazis. In addition, the center will organize art exhibitions and festivals
supporting tolerance education for young people. The center will work closely with the state-funded Terezin Memorial.
During World World II,
155,000 Jews from across Europe were sent to Terezin. Most were sent to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau; others
died of starvation or diseases.
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