Overview

• The concert took place on May 19, 2025, at the German Embassy in Prague, organized by the embassy and the German-Czech Future Fund.
• Around 50 Holocaust survivors and descendants attended the performance, including Michaela Vidlakova, who was interned in Theresienstadt as a child.
• The Lebensmelodien project, led by pastor Michael Raddatz, aims to recover and perform Jewish music created during the Holocaust.
• Theresienstadt, a Nazi transit camp where many Jewish composers were imprisoned, saw over 141,000 deportees, with only 23,000 surviving the Holocaust.
• The event underscores ongoing efforts in historical remembrance, cultural preservation, and German-Czech reconciliation.