Terezín

Terezín is a town in the Czech Republic with around 3,000 inhabitants. It is mainly known for its fortress, and for the Theresienstadt concentration camp; see Holocaust remembrance.

Understand
This camp is located in the Sudetenland, annexed by Germany in 1938. It could be described a "showcase" concentration camp, built to make the internment look better than it actually was. The camp was mainly a temporary holding place for Jews before deportation to the gas chambers at Auschwitz.

By car
Take the D8 highway, get off at exit 35 or 45. There are multiple parking spots, biggest ones (but there is no shortage of parking space usually) are and  of the city.

By bus
You can go from Prague, from the Nádraží Holešovice bus station. It takes about 1 hour and takes you to the at the "Terezin -- U památníku" bus stop. To avoid full bus, you can buy the tickets beforehand at the main bus office on Florenc metro station or online.

From 2023 Terezín is served by bus No. 413 departing mostly every hour from metro station Letňany in Prague (58 min, 100 CZK).

By train
It takes 1.5h to Bohušovice nad Ohří, which is 4 km away (approx. 45 minutes by foot).

You can also come from Litoměřice - it's approx. 4 km away too.

Get around
The city is small enough to visit it by foot. But bring at least some refreshments - as there will be plenty of walking if you visit at least the areas listed here.

See


The main "attraction" here is the concentration camp area, which consists of several places:



The whole city, being a former fortress from year 1780, is surrounded by a star-shaped wall.

Eat
Multiple restaurants (local cuisine and pizza) and cafés are located, around the "Smetanovy sady" park. The food is not nearly top-notch, but acceptable for the price.

Go next
Lidice is a city completely destroyed by the Nazis, as a retaliation for assassination of Heydrich, with a remembrance area in place now - if you still feel like it after Terezin (very unlikely).

Prague - capital of Czechia is easily reachable by PID bus 413