Cultural programs

Current Situation

Due to the restrictions caused by the epidemiological situation, the Memorial of Silence is temporarily closing its indoor exhibits. In September, the exhibits were opened in the attic of the railway station building, a space accessible to the public for the very first time. We are planning to reopen these exhibits as soon as it is possible.

Sixth Annual Drumming for Bubny

The Drumming for Bubny is an event that represents breaking the silence of passive observation. The date is symbolic - the sad anniversary of the first Jewish transport which left Bubny train station in 1941.

During the first Drumming event in 2015, almost one thousand drummers came together despite the heavy rain. Every year after that, the Drumming has been supported by hundreds of people. This year, due to the epidemiological situation, all the drummers were represented by just one man: Jaroslav Kořán. Immediately afterward, a concert by the Bennewitz Quartet was performed in the main hall of the train station and transmitted by Czech public TV ČT art.

The musical program was selected as a tribute to people whose departure meant a tragic end to Prague's Czech-Jewish-German intercultural balance of interwar Czechoslovakia.

A Guided Walk Through Holešovice and Bubny, Led By Architect Zdeněk Lukeš

Despite the bad weather, the morning walk took place with the maximum number of allowed participants (twenty).

Many other people have already expressed interest in these stories of the Holešovice houses and their Jewish architects, so we hope to repeat this walk after the loosening of epidemiological restrictions.

Exhibition "The Layers of City's Memory - The Transiency"

This was our strangest exhibit opening - completely without visitors. They did not come because we asked them not to come. Before this, we have never sent out invitations saying "The exhibition will be captivating and mystical - but please don't come!" The exhibition opened with a concert by Martin Janíček, the author of one of the "transient sculptures", and Filip Jakš.

"The Layers of City's Memory - The Transiency" is an open-air exhibition along the tracks and train station platform, thus accessible even during the covid restriction period. The alley of sculptures was installed originally in 2017 and it was the most significant intervention of the Monument of Silence in Prague's famous brownfield. Various artifacts of transient nature freely reflect the war story of the Bubny train station and its people. Photos were added that capture the disintegration of the art objects.

Participating authors: Karel Cudlín, Lenka Hájek Kristiánová, Jamming, Martin Janíček, Kryštof Kaplan, Daniel Pešta, Nadia Rovderová, Matěj Stránský.