Rembles Throught Terezin – interactive online map
Exploring Terezín through the eyes of teenagers from the time of the Protectorate is made possible by the interactive map called “Toulky Terezínem” (Rambles Through Terezín) on the Vedem website.
In addition to articles from boys’ magazines describing various locations in the ghetto, you will find a wide range of photographs, including those from places that regular visitors to Terezín cannot access. The website also features 360-degree photographs, often taken from inaccessible areas.
The city of Terezín has a special atmosphere that can easily escape those who arrive by bus, visit museum exhibitions, grab a bite to eat, and silently leave again. We invite you beneath the surface. We invite you to walk through forgotten places where history breathes, stories that take your breath away, with guides who lived their everyday lives here during the war.
Boys and girls from the Terezín Legacy
How did it originate?
The Rambles Through Terezín (Toulky Terezínem) originated in February 1943 as a section in the VEDEM magazine. The editor-in-chief, Petr Ginz, and later other boys from “Heim 1” (a youth home in Terezín) would explore various corners of the Terezín ghetto, talk to its workers and residents, and based on their investigations, they would write reports often accompanied by small drawings. It’s truly unbelievable how they managed to venture into so many places at that time. Thus, an entirely authentic guidebook of the ghetto was created, offering an interesting and often witty perspective from the eyes of 13 to 15-year-old boys.
The interactive map places the texts from VEDEM in the locations where they predominantly took place. In addition to the classic reports, you can also find anecdotes or memories that couldn’t be easily categorized locally. The labels on the map are based on period names, barracks designations (prior to the establishment of the ghetto), or their present-day use.