The Terezin International Music Center was launched. The private institute is located in the Czech town of Terezin, site of a former Nazi concentration camp and ghetto, Theresienstadt in German. The music center, which opened Wednesday, will offer a series of concerts featuring the works of the many Jewish musicians murdered by the Nazis. In addition, the center will organize art exhibitions and festivals supporting tolerance education for young people. The center will work closely with the state-funded Terezin Memorial. During World World II, 155,000 Jews from across Europe were sent to Terezin. Most were sent to the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau; others died of starvation or diseases.
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