Young people should not forget what happened at Theresienstadt, Czech president Vaclav Klaus said at a ceremony at the former Jewish ghetto. Klaus said Sunday it is necessary to keep alive the memory of the victims of Theresienstadt, also known by its Czech name of Terezin, so that similar tragedies will never be repeated.
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