The government will decide on the renewal of Terezín for eight billion next year

PRAGUE - Today, the government postponed discussions about the restoration of Terezín by two months to gain time to consider all financing options for the project. This information was provided to journalists by cabinet spokesperson Lucie Orgoníková. The former military fortress is to become a university town, a conference center, and an attractive place for tourists.
The initiative called "Europroject Terezín - Center for Education, Culture, and Sports" is expected to require around 7.5 billion crowns from domestic and European sources over the next eight years.
Approximately 3.5 billion crowns will be needed for the renovation of the fortress system, with a nearly equal amount required for the reconstruction of buildings in the inner town and their transformation for the needs of higher education. Hundreds of millions of crowns will go towards the restoration of public spaces, the creation of sports and recreational zones, and the reconstruction of transport and engineering networks.
The gradual revival of Terezín, which served as a concentration camp during World War II, includes 28 projects. It aims to increase the number of jobs, accommodation beds, and spaces for recreation and sports. Abandoned and dilapidated barracks are to serve new purposes. No funding has yet been released for any significant actions of the Europroject, a conference on the fate of Terezín recently stated.
Participants called on the government to discuss the timeline for the restoration of the city, which has become a symbol of the terror of Nazi Germany, so that individual stages of its reconstruction can be incorporated into the European Union budget for the years 2007 to 2013. They also noted that Terezín continues to face a number of problems caused by the departure of the army from the city in the late 1990s and the devastating floods in 2002.