Dozens take part in candlelight procession through Terezín  

Dozens of people took part in a candlelight procession in memory of the victims of the Holocaust through the former WWII ghetto of Terezín on Saturday evening.

The procession started from the former railway siding, from which more than 36,000 Terezín prisoners were deported to the Auschwitz–Birkenau extermination camp.

The commemorative act continued at the Jewish Cemetery in presence of the director of the Terezín Memorial, Jan Roubínek, and European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová.

In her speech, Ms Jourová, stressed the need not only to remember the victims of the Holocaust, but also to protect fellow Jewish citizens from anti-Semitic attacks that have multiplied since the October 7 Hamas attack.