Ing. Karel Holomek. Dr. Artúr Grünzweig. Věra Weberová. Bedřiška Felixová. Prof. RNDr. Eva Smolková Keulemansová, DrSc. Ing. Michal Salomonovič

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2 Ing. Karel Holomek Dr. Artúr Grünzweig Bedřiška Felixová Věra Weberová Erika Juklová Doris Grozdanovičová Prof. RNDr. Eva Smolková Keulemansová, DrSc. Ing. Michal Salomonovič Brigadier General Pavel Vranský Ing. Pavel Fried Academic Painter Helga Hošková, Dr.hc Prof. Ing. Felix Kolmer, DrSc. The Annual Report is illustrated by the portraits of Holocaust/Shoa survivors made by Jindrich Bauxbaum. The eye-witnesses also shared with us their message.

3 Table of Contents 1. Forewords of the Chairman of the Board of Directors Mission Statement and Activities Grant Programmes Care Programme Remembrance Programme Renovation Programme Future Programme Our Future Sub-Programme Projects of Our Own Grant of the Ministry of Culture Financial Report Auditor s Statement The Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board Employees Our Donors Basic Data

4 Ing. Karel Holomek survived as a hidden child with his two- -year-younger sister To serve a good thing and fight evil, always and in all circumstances! That is the only way to preserve one s mental health, which is, especially these days, quite fundamental.

5 Dr. Artúr Grünzweig survived the concentration camp in Wiener Neustadt Father, mother and then six-year-old sister, Zuzana, died in the concentration camp in Auschwitz in I returned to my native village of Vlčany (now Slovak Republic) from the harsh environment of the camp both mentally and physically exhausted. For a long time, I actively helped some racially persecuted people to return to normal life. As an eternal optimist, I firmly believe that the democratic forces in the world will not allow extreme forces to continue with the policy of hatred and racial and ethnic orientation in the future.

6 Bedřiška Felixová survived the Terezín Ghetto I wish no one would ever experience the horrors that we went through.

7 Věra Weberová survived the Terezín Ghetto We will never be able to stop the time and every year, in the ranks of the witnesses, there will be more and more empty spaces. It has never been easy for me, and with age it's even harder for me both physically and mentally to tell others, particularly young people, what I had to go through and who of my dear ones I lost. Nevertheless, when I see the attentive eyes during my discussion forums in the Czech Republic and abroad, and hear the questions of the students and their teachers, I feel that it makes sense. I perceive that this is perhaps for all of us who are still alive, something like a duty. So, if it is at least a bit possible, I will keep doing so...

8 Erika Juklová survived the camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald Allendorf I do not wish to anyone to ever go through the Holocaust experience. Well, perhaps just to those who really want to hurt us. Baruch hashem, I'm a contented and cheerful personality. I have a good family, the best family in the world. I regularly visit the Old-New Synagogue and I am grateful to my uncle, Major Ph. Arnošt Friedmann, and the Czech Republic, that I can live in this country.

9 Doris Grozdanovičová survived the Terezín Ghetto I am often invited to schools in our country and in Germany, to tell students about my life based on historical events I went through. I sometimes wonder how little their awareness of the history of their country and their ancestors is.

10 Prof. RNDr. Eva Smolková Keulemansová, DrSc. survived the Terezín Ghetto, concentration camps in Auschwitz- -Birkenau, Hamburg and Bergen-Belsen I have been through sadness and suffering but I also experienced lot of joy and goodness in my life. And, although people (humanity) seem to be incorrigible and unreformable, there is and still is a lot of beauty and friendship in the world that brings joy and strength to overcome the difficulties in life.

11 Ing. Michal Salomonovič survived the Lodz Ghetto, the camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stutthof, and Flossenbürg in Dresden Now, there are just a few of us who went through concentration camps, where we were just numbers with David's star attached to the prison uniform. We survived, and our duty is to communicate our experiences from the past, especially to young people, so that they never experience our destiny.

12 Brigadier General Pavel Vranský World War II veteran I'm very glad I had such a brave mother that managed to get me, my father and my brother abroad ahead of time. Unfortunately, she herself bore the consequences for her deed and perished. All three of us strived to fight that everlasting evil, the anti-semitism, that, in the Nazi Germany mutated into the arrant form the extermination of all Jews within its reach. Me and my brother, we both fought for freedom and destruction of the Nazi empire with the weapon in our hands and the father, due to his age, in the war industry. The result can be seen today, the Nazism was destroyed, but the anti-semitism still exists in the world, whether latent or manifested, and it will probably never disappear. We must remain vigilant against this evil, and use all means and power to restrict it, if its complete elimination is not possible.

13 Ing. Pavel Fried survived the Terezín concentration camp Shoah is not a tragedy of Jewish people only. Shoah is the tragedy of all mankind, the sanctity of human life ended in the Auschwitz gas chambers. For many years now, I have been visiting the discussion forums to talk about the Shoah, about the ways that led to it, about the guilt and the punishment. When I count all the visitors to those forums, I come to the total estimate being over What I find very encouraging is that, over all those years, I have not met any interfering or negative response from the audience. I have experienced the contrary clear interest, curiosity and compassion. That gives me the strength to continue in that.

14 Academic Painter Helga Hošková, Dr.h.c. survived the Terezín Ghetto, camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Freiberg and Mauthausen Value the freedom, protect life and preserve cultural values and nature. Learn and do not repeat the mistakes of the past.

15 Prof. Ing. Felix Kolmer, DrSc. survived the Terezín Ghetto, and camps in Auschwitz-Birkenau and Friedland Every human should assign himself to do something for the society. Otherwise, our culture, and later also our society, will slowly collapse. One cannot only take, one also has to give.

16 Forewords of the Chairman of the Board of Directors The Foundation for Holocaust Victims continued to fulfill its important mission in Helping Holocaust victims is the humanitarian role of the Foundation. We have allocated CZK4.5 million for this purpose, the money was distributed among 13 projects. In total, this aid has reached 350 people apart from direct survivors, the funds also supported their descendants. We have contributed three million crowns to activities commemorating Shoah. Unfortunately, the political situation in today s world and in our country is developing in way that we have to be reminded of the horrors of the Holocaust now more than ever before. The FHV spends the largest sums of money on renovation and maintenance of monuments related to the life of Jewish community throughout the territory of the Czech Republic. In 2016, CZK12.8 million were allocated for this purpose. We supported 21 projects. Some projects, though, concerned more than one monument, i.e. there were many more supported monuments. The FHV foundation plays an important role in this field and that not only in the amount 16 of funding provided, but also due to the fact that these contributions are a prerequisite for a co-financing of projects by other entities. The results of this long-lasting support are visible. During the time of the FHV existence, a lot of successful reconstructions of deteriorating synagogues have been done, many devastated Jewish cemeteries have been restored and an aid to many other monuments has been provided. The FHV supporting activities include a support of the current activities associated with Judaism, maintaining of Jewish cultural traditions and development of Jewish communities. This category includes a support for projects fighting xenophobia and anti-semitism. The FHV budget supported a total of 38 projects with one million CZK. We supported 12 projects directly targeting Jewish families and the youngest members of the community by a subsidy amounting half a million CZK. In 2016, the largest volume of distributed funds was drawn from a subsidy received through the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic CZK20 million. Most of these funds were used for the restoration of Jewish monuments. In addition, the FHV has still been distributing the funds deposited into the fund upon its establishment, alongside with the means acquired through its current work. The FHV plays an irreplaceable role in all areas in which the Foundation is involved. Due to the low cost of its operation, the Foundation is able to use all of its resources on the activities for which the money is intended. Due to the qualified, informed and flexible decision-making, the FHV can effectively help where the aid would otherwise be difficult to find. I would like to thank the entire staff of the Foundation Secretariat and to my colleagues from the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board for their time, effort and dedicated work for the Foundation for Holocaust Victims. I'm convinced it's time devoted to the right thing. Michal Klíma

17 Mission Statement and Activities We mitigate the injustices of the past and support the future. Our main activity is a financial support of projects in the following programmes: Care Remembrance Renovation Future social, medical and psychological care for Shoa survivors educational and Holocaust remembrance projects, renovation and maintenance of Jewish monuments in Bohemia and Moravia Jewish education and the development of Jewish Communities and sub-programme Our Future projects for young Jewish families with children. We complement the support by organising our own projects, especially professional seminars. For more information see chapter 9. 17

18 The FHV was established on July 31, 2000 on the basis of the recommendations of the Joint Working Committee Focusing on Mitigating Some Property Injustices to Holocaust Victims. On September 15, 2000, based on the governmental proposal, the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament made a decision to transfer funds, amounting CZK300 million, over to the Foundation for Holocaust Victims. In the years we administrated the Compensation programme, in which we distributed CZK100 million among those, whose property in today s Czech Republic had been confiscated during WWII on the basis of racial laws and who were unable to retrieve it or receive compensation through the then applicable restitution laws or international agreements. The programme has been closed for several years now and our Foundation is currently not dealing with claims of this kind in any way. On December 18, 2014, the FHV signed an agreement with the Czech Ministry of Culture on a five-year financing period in which an endowment benefit amounting CZK20 million will be transferred to FHV s account on yearly basis. We inform about our activities on our website through our Facebook profile and in our quarterly InfoBulletin. We are a member of the Association of Foundations of Donors Forum ( asociace-nadacnich-fondu) and of the International Auschwitz Committee ( Would you like to participate in our activities? Volunteer for us Become a donor Support Projects in Care programme by Sending a Gift to the Public Collection: /2700 UniCredit Bank. We will use your help in organizing our own projects. If you are interested, please contact us. 18

19 Grant Programmes Care, Remembrance, Renovation, Future and Our Future The Foundation for Holocaust Victims supports projects based on a public tender. The call for proposals is announced once a year, usually in July, and the deadline for projects is September. The projects are realised during the following year. FHV supports projects prepared especially by organisations under the umbrella of the Federation of Jewish Communities, NGOs, public beneficial organisations, institutions established by the church, public service institutions, and allowance organisations registered within the Czech Republic. All organisations must be registered in the Czech Republic. Physical persons are not entitled to ask for benefits. We only support projects that are realised within the territory of the Czech Republic. The endowment benefits are granted for a period of 11 months, and in case of Care programme the period is one calendar year. We favour projects having various financing sources. In Care and Renovation Programmes, there is no limit for a maximum requested amount. The maximum amount of the endowment benefit within the Future and Our Future programmes is CZK100,000. All applications are processed through Grantys an Electronic Grant Database at The applications are evaluated by the respective grant committees nominated by the FHV Board of Directors. The Board of Directors grants endowment benefits on the basis of their recommendation. The results of grant call are published on the FHV website and all applicants are informed in writing. We sign contracts with all of our successful applicants. Afterwards we follow and review the use of the monetary means during the implementation of the project. In case of any violation of contractual terms and conditions, we demand the return of the granted money. The supported organisations present the FHV with progress and final reports on the projects, as well as reports on the budget. All projects are subject to an audit. We actively participate in supported projects and in case the beneficiary asks for any assistance, we provide them with our support. Projects in the Remembrance, Renovation and Future (including the Our Future) subprogramme are funded by the Ministry of Culture subsidies, the Care program is covered from our own financial resources and the donations we receive. In 2016, we supported in total 112 projects majority of which were co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. On December 14, 2016, the FHV Board of Directors selected 120 projects that will receive a support in 2017 amounting a total of CZK22 million. 19

20 Care Programme Each year we support the projects of organisations that provide professional social care, healthcare and psychological care to Holocaust survivors. The care for survivors is our priority. We strive to support them in their quality life and provide them with the best available care in their old age. We financially support home care, nursing services, psychological aid, residential care, day care centres run by Jewish communities, social workers, social advisory services, personal assistants, medical care, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, phone contact services and many other activation programmes. We shall not forget about the survivor s second generation. Overall, we support the care for about 350 clients. In relation to Claims Conference projects, we cooperate with a project coordinator Dita Šnajdrová from Czech office. Overview of Granted Endowment Benefits in 2016 In 2016, we granted endowment benefits in a total amount of CZK4,502,874 and we ran 13 projects. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Betanie Christian Aid Residential Care for Holocaust Survivors 300,000 Děčín Jewish Community Social Care for Děčín Jewish Community Members 140,000 Hospic Civic Association Cesta domu Hospice and supporting services of Cesta domů organisation 15,000 JAS Agency, Brno Jewish Community Care for the Holocaust Survivors II 700,000 Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Social Care for Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Members 140,000 Liberec Jewish Community Social Care and Fieldwork for the Needy Clients ,000 Living Memory Ghettorente Expert Social Advisory Services 20,000 Ostrava Jewish Community Tikvah Home Care Agency Social Services Provider 600,000 Prague Jewish Community Ezra Complex Home Care Social and Health Care with Special Attention to the Needs of Holocaust Survivors 600,000 Prague Jewish Community Hagibor Old Age Home 1,100,000 Prague Jewish Community Social Services for Holocaust Survivors 400,000 Rafael Institute Psycho-therapeutic Support of the Clients from the Families after the Holocaust 180,000 20

21 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Teplice Jewish Community Social Work and Expert Advisory on Social Matters to Teplice Jewish Community 140,000 These projects were supported by the endowment granted to them in the previous (2016) grant call: Děčín Jewish Community Social Care for Děčín Jewish Community Members 17,874 Total 4,502,874 Overview of the Projects Awarded the Support in 2017 For the grant period of the next year, the Board of Directors decided to support 15 projects with a total amount of CZK4,500,000. The programme is financed by our own means and from acquired donations. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Betanie Christian Aid Residential Care for Holocaust Survivors 280,000 Brno Jewish Community Care for the Holocaust Survivors 650,000 Děčín Jewish Community Social Care for Děčín Jewish Community Members 130,000 Hospic Civic Association Hospice and supporting services of Cesta domů organisation 30,000 Cesta domu Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Social Care for Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Members 150,000 Liberec Jewish Community Social Care and Fieldwork for the Needy Clients ,000 Living Memory Ghettorente Expert Social Advisory Services 24,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Social Activation of the First and Second Generation of the Olomouc Jewish Community Holocaust 130,000 Survivors Ostrava Jewish Community Tikvah Home Care Agency Social Services Provider 600,000 Prague Jewish Community Ezra Complex Home Care Social and Health Care with Special Attention to the Needs of Holocaust 580,000 Survivors Prague Jewish Community Hagibor Old Age Home 1,100,000 Prague Jewish Community Social Services for Holocaust Survivors 350,000 Rafael Institute Psycho-therapeutic Support of the Clients from the Families after the Holocaust 180,000 Sue Ryder Home Personal Assistance for Holocaust Survivors 16,000 Teplice Jewish Community Professional Advisory Services for Elderly Clients 130,000 21

22 Remembrance Programme We support a dignified remembrance of Jewish and Roma Holocaust victims. We focus our attention to the education of young people through supporting activities having an expert leadership with an involvement of Shoa witnesses. We also contribute to various commemoration events and pious acts, exhibitions, workshops, researches or book publications. Overview of Granted Endowment Benefits in 2016 In 2016, 32 projects were financed within the Remembrance programme by an amount of CZK2,980,323.58, the source of the funds is the subsidy of the Ministry of Culture. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Association of Jewish Soldiers and Jews in War and Resistance Exhibition 13,000 Resistance Fighters in Prague Association of Released Political Travelling Exhibition Sights of Suffering, Death and Heroism 50,000 Prisoners and Survivors Barrister & Principal Jan Jelínek Jizvy na duši (Scars on the Soul) 15,000 Brno Jewish Community The Testimony of Terezín Walls (collection of photographs) 40,000 Committee for the Redress of Roma 2016 Remembrance Event in Lety 20,000 Holocaust Dobříš Regional Musem Association Jews in Dobříš Region Book 49,973 Hartmanice Memorial Do you know what Holocaust is? 80,000 Jewish Liberal Union in the My Father and my Mother Survived 60,000 Czech Republic Jewish Monument Restoration In Memoriam Memorial of Holocaust Victims in Peruc Area 40,000 Society of Peruc Jewish Museum in Prague Educational programs at the Jewish Museum in Prague 450,000 Jewish Museum in Prague Jewish Memory in the 20 Century 150,000 Jewish Museum in Prague Pinkas Synagogue Transformation 400,000 22

23 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) KreBul Remembering Humanity ,000 Living Memory Lost Roma and Roma Today Roma Holocaust, Its Traces in the After-War Czechoslovakia and the Life 50,000 of Roma in the Czech Republic Look of the Motion Picture 32 Secret Pages Acted Documentary 110,000 Masaryk University of Brno Holocaust Survivor 93,410 Museum of Romani Culture Cikánský Boxer (Roma Boxer) Performance and Spectator Workshop 43,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Digital Database of Jewish Citizens of Olomouc 40,000 Ostrava Jewish Community We Shall Not Forget, Shoa Continues to Be a Threat an ongoing project 30,000 Plzeň Jewish Community 2016 Remembering January Transports 20,941 Post Bellum Special Treatment (Sonderbahandlung) 40,000 Prague Jewish Community Concert on the Occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Day of the Prevention 50,000 of Inhumane Crimes Prague Shoa Memorial Drumming for Bubny 70,000 Romano Džaniben Teaching Roma History ,000 Teplice Jewish Community Teplice Jews Holocaust Survivors (exhibition of photographs) 50,000 Terezín Initiative Institute Holocaust.cz 130,000 Terezín Initiative Institute Jom HaShoa / Holocaust Memorial Day ,000 Terezín Initiative Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Czech Schools 600,000 Threshold Rivka Lipszyc s Diary 90,000 Triáda Publishing House Discovering Jiří Stein, a Poet 15,000 Unijazz Society in Brno Boskovice Ghetto Remembering Shoa Victims 20,000 Unijazz Society in Brno Czech Cultural Personalities in the Context of Holocaust 20,000 Total 2,980,324 23

24 Overview of the Projects Awarded the Support in 2017 For 2017 the Board of Directors chose 41 projects that shall be awarded support in a total amount of CZK3,000,000. The programme is completely financed by the Ministry of Culture endowment benefits. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) ArtWay Dramatization of the novel by Arnošt Lustig The Unloved: From the Diary of Perla S. 40,000 Association of Released Political Travelling Exhibition Sights of Suffering, Death and Heroism 60,000 Prisoners and Survivors Central Bohemian Museum in Stories of the Tiché údolí Valley 25,000 Roztoky near Prague Charles University Faculty of Arts Moses Woskin-Nahartabi 40,000 Committee for the Redress of Roma 2017 Remembrance Event in Lety 21,000 Holocaust Czech Union of Jewish Students Meeting of Roma and Jewish Youth 15,000 Dobříš Regional Musem Association History of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia 30,000 Děčín Jewish Community Publications for the 110 anniversary of the Děčín Synagogue 40,000 Historical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Shoah versus Resistance, Resistance versus Shoah. Rebellion and struggle of Czechoslovak Jews during the Second World War. 60,000 Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Institute of the Terezín Initiative, community service International Christian Embassy Jerusalem Jewish Monument Restoration Society of Peruc Processing of unique life stories from the declassified fund called Jewish writings from the archives of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lvov, Ukraine Publishing of the book The Jews in Gulag memories of Czechoslovakia. Jews for internment in Soviet labor camps 100,000 60,000 Jom Ha Shoah / Holocaust Memorial Day ,000 We remember the heroism of Vrba and Wetzler 20,000 Exhibition on the history of the Jews in the region of Peruc 40,000 Jewish Museum in Prague Education at the Jewish Museum in Prague 300,000 Jewish Museum in Prague Jewish Memory in the 20 Century 100,000 Jewish Museum in Prague Pinkas Synagogue Transformation 350,000 KreBul Remembering Humanity ,000 24

25 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Lauder s Kindergarten, Elementary Dorot 25,000 School and Secondary School at the Jewish Community in Prague Liberec Jewish Community Publication Synagogue in Liberec 50,000 Living Memory Lost Roma and Roma Today Roma Holocaust, Its Traces in the After-War Czechoslovakia and the Life 40,000 of Roma in the Czech Republic Masaryk University of Brno Holocaust survivors second part 80,000 Museum of Romani Culture An act of piety on the site of the so-called Gypsy camp in Hodonín near Kunštát 24,000 Museum of Romani Culture Colloquium on the so-called Gypsy camp in Lety near Písek and a visit to the cultural monument in 40,000 Lety u Písku Olomouc Jewish Community Digital Database of Jewish Citizens of Olomouc 40,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Olomouc Synagogue ( ) 50,000 OPŘISe Holocaust victims plaque and raising the profile of the topic of Holocaust in the village of Přistoupim 40,000 Ostrava Jewish Community The history of the Jewish nation with special respect to to the period and the consequences of the Shoah 40,000 P3K Publishing House Gruenbaum 60,000 Plzeň Jewish Community 2017 Remembering January Transports 20,000 Prague Jewish Community Concert on the Occasion of the Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Day of the Prevention of 20,000 Inhumane Crimes Romano Džaniben Teaching Roma History ,000 Society for languages History of Jews in Kutna Hora 25,000 Teplice Jewish Community Stolpersteine Stones of the disappeared in Teplice laying of 30 new stones 70,000 Terezín Initiative Institute A Schoolboy in the Times of War exhibition opening 50,000 Terezín Initiative Institute Database of victims at Holocaust.cz website 150,000 Terezín Initiative International Fight Against Anti-Semitism in Czech Schools 550,000 Terezín Association The Municipal Library of Kolín Children were looking for children. The fates of Jewish children in the region of Kolín during the Holocaust. 50,000 Threshold Book publication Irena s Children 80,000 Unijazz Society in Brno Afternoon in the Jewish Ghetto II 40,000 Unijazz Society in Brno Czech Cultural Personalities in the Context of Holocaust II 25,000 Total 3,000,000 25

26 Renovation Programme We support the restoration and maintenance of Jewish monuments throughout the Czech Republic. Our goal is to restore the monument to its original state when the monument was built or, if this is not feasible, we then restore the monument to the state that would capture the maximum of the architectonic, artistic and artisanal elements. We finance restorations of synagogues, rabbinic houses and Jewish cemeteries. Lifting and repair of knocked down tombstones, restoration of valuable tombstones and reconstruction of fencing walls. Our financial means do not enable us to restore all tombstones, so we also support cemetery documentation in order to have a digital image of its look saved for future generations. All projects are lead by professionals. Overview of Granted Endowment Benefits in 2016 In 2016 we subsidized 21 projects with the subsidy from the Ministry of Culture totalling CZK12,848,559. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) An Association for the Renovation Renovation of synagogue in Podmokly 250,000 of a Synagogue in Podmokly Brno Jewish Community Reconstruction of Kuffner Tumb at the Jewish Cemetery in Břeclav 250,000 Brno Jewish Community Renovation of Ivančice Jewish cemetery wall 150,000 Czech Union of Jewish Students Cleaning and maintenance of the Jewish Cemetery in Bílina 9,911 Děčín Jewish Community Renovation of the entrance door to the synagogue 100,000 Federation of Jewish Communities Long-term Project of Gradual Reconstruction, Renovation and Maintenance of movable and immovable 7,358,648 in the Czech Republic Jewish Monuments Possessed by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic Jewish Monument Restoration Specialized renovation of graves and tombstones at Jewish cemetery in Hřivčice 75,000 Society of Peruc Jewish Museum in Prague Restoration of Šimon Backofen (1714) tomb 80,000 Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Reconstruction of tombstones at Karlovy Vary Jewish cemetery 130,000 Lauder Kindergarten, Elementary School and Secondary School Affiliated to the Jewish Community in Prague Krajina (The Landscape) Project 25,000 26

27 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Liberec Jewish Community Renovation of 9 graves and cemetery wall 100,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Maintenance of the Jewish Cemetery in Olomouc 80,000 Ostrava Jewish Community Renovation of tombstones at Frýdek-Místek cemetery 130,000 Plzeň Jewish Community 2016 The Great Synagogue Roof Repair 500,000 Prague Jewish Community Reconstruction, restoration and conservation of Jewish monuments owned by Prague Jewish Community 3,170,000 Prague Jewish Community The restoration of a sarcophagus at an Old Jewish cemetery in Žižkov 60,000 TAMUS An Archive and Museum Revitalization of Jewish cemetery in Měcholupy 40,000 Society of Tachov TAMUS An Archive and Museum Revitalization of Jewish cemetery in Podbořany 40,000 Society of Tachov Teplice Jewish Community Jewish cemetery in Mašťov cemetery renovation 50,000 Teplice Jewish Community Jewish cemetery in Most erection of tombstones 50,000 Teplice Jewish Community Renovation of Jewish Cemeteries of Chomutov and Louny Region 200,000 Total 12,848,559 Overview of the Projects Awarded the Support in 2017 For the period of next year, the FHV Board of Directors selected a total of 20 projects that will be supported by a total amount of CZK13,000,000. The programme is completely financed by the Ministry of Culture endowment benefits. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Archeos Documentation of the part of the Jewish Cemetery in Boskovice 160,000 Brno Jewish Community Reconstruction of Kuffner Tumb at the Jewish Cemetery in Břeclav Stage 3 300,000 Brno Jewish Community Repair of the roof of the ceremonial hall of the Jewish Cemetery in Mikulov Stage 2 200,000 Czech Union of Jewish Students Cleaning of the Jewish Cemetery in Lomnička u Plesné 20,000 Děčín Jewish Community Restoration of the original painting of the entrance hall of the synagogue 150,000 Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic Long-term project of gradual reconstruction, restoration and preservation of Jewish monuments in the Czech Republic owned by the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic 7,750,000 27

28 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Jewish Monument Restoration Specialized renovation of graves and tombstones at Jewish cemetery in Hřivčice 2 90,000 Society of Peruc Jewish Museum in Prague Restoration of the Tomb of Joseph Solom Delmedig 64,800 Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Reconstruction of tombstones at Karlovy Vary Jewish cemetery 150,000 Liberec Jewish Community Cemetery restoration ,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Maintenance of the Jewish Cemetery in Olomouc 64,000 Ostrava Jewish Community Jewish cultural heritage in the Moravian-Silesian Region 120,000 Prague Jewish Community Reconstruction, restoration and conservation of Jewish monuments owned by Prague Jewish 3,421,200 Community Prague Jewish Community The restoration of selected tombstones at an Old Jewish cemetery in Žižkov 40,000 Tamus An Archive and Museum Revitalization of Jewish cemetery in Měcholupy 30,000 Society of Tachov Tamus An Archive and Museum Revitalization of Jewish cemetery in Podbořany 30,000 Society of Tachov Teplice Jewish Community Renovation of the cemeteries in Široké Třebčice, Drahonice near Luby, Letov, Podbořany and Rohozec 200,000 and Čeradice Teplice Jewish Community Renovation of the Jewish Cemetery in Mašťov ,000 Teplice Jewish Community The re-erection of 15 fallen tombstones at the Jewish Cemetery in Teplice 90,000 Total 13,000,000 28

29 Future Programme We direct our support to projects that educate in Judaism, pass on Jewish tradition and develop Jewish communities. We finance the projects of prevention of anti-semitism displays of behaviour, programmes of Jewish schools and kindergartens, lectures, seminars and workshops, monthly bulletins and Jewish organisations journals. Overview of Granted Endowment Benefits in 2016 In 2016, we supported 38 projects in the total amount of CZK1,007,555 from the Ministry of Culture endowment benefit. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Art Museum Olomouc Days of Jewish Culture Olomouc ,000 Bejachad Bejachad Pre-School Facility 40,000 Bejt Elend Private Jewish School Bejt Elend Revival of Activities 12,500 Bejt Simcha Chinuch Educational Programmes 15,000 Bejt Simcha Maskil for all generations 25,000 Besamim MACHOL Czechia ,000 Boskovice Regional Museum Judaism From Everydayness to Immortality 35,000 Brno Jewish Community The Path of Torah Film 25,121 Cultural Centre of Třebíč Town Shamajim Festival of Jewish Culture in Třebíč 20,000 Czech Union of Jewish Students JudaFest ,000 Days of Jerusalem Days of Jerusalem 25,000 Dobříš Regional Musem Association Gone Neighbours in Dobříš 20,000 Děčín Jewish Community Synagogue as the Venue for Lectures on Judaism 17,903 Jewish Liberal Union in the Czech Hebrew Classes Jewish Traditions 30,000 Republic Jewish Museum in Prague Cultural programs at the Jewish Museum in Prague 50,000 Jewish Museum in Prague Jewish Education for Adults and Children 40,000 29

30 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Jewish Museum in Prague Judaica Bohemiae 30,000 Karlovy Vary Jewish Community Shabbat Meetings Teaching Jewish Law 15,000 Kroměříž Regional Museum Edition Jews and Moravia XXII. 25,000 Lauder Kindergarten, Elementary Author Reader on Jewish Education 50,000 School and Secondary School Affiliated to the Jewish Community in Prague Lauder Kindergarten, Elementary Curriculum for Israeli Children in Lauder Schools 30,000 School and Secondary School Affiliated to the Jewish Community in Prague Liberec Jewish Community Educational and Cultural Events in Liberec Jewish Community ,991 Muzika Judaika MAŽIF V. (Small Jewish Festival) 10,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Olomouc Jewish Community Hebrew Classes 19,040 Organisation of Christians and Jews Revue of the Organisation of Christians and Jews 14,000 Ostrava Jewish Community Monograph: History of the Jewish Community in Ostrava 40,000 P3K Publishing House The Story of the Book Ester 20,000 Plzeň Jewish Community Shana: 5776/7 30,000 Prague Jewish Community Jerusalem Synagogue the pearl emerged from renovation / Jerusalem Synagogue Exhibition 40,000 Prague Jewish Community Jewish Newspaper Obecní Noviny 20,000 Regional Museum in Mikulov Cultural and Educational Programmes in Upper Synagogue (Horní synagoga) 40,000 Sion New Generation Days for Israel 15,000 Teplice Jewish Community Community Club of Teplice Jewish Community 20,000 Terezín Initiative Institute Jáchymka The History of Pre-War Years 30,000 The D Association Neo-Nazism and denial of Holocaust Interactive Educational Programme for Secondary Schools 20,000 (ongoing project) Ulpan Teplice Limud Ulpan Teplice 30,000 Ulpan Cycle of Lectures on Israeli Culture 15,000 Unijazz Boskovice 2016 Festival for the Jewish Quarter 20,000 Total 1,007,555 30

31 Overview of the Projects Awarded the Support in 2017 For 2017 the Board of Directors chose 35 projects that shall be awarded support in a total amount of CZK1,106,000. The programme is completely financed by the Ministry of Culture endowment benefits. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Art Museum Olomouc Days of Jewish Culture Olomouc ,000 Bejt Simcha Chinuch II Educational Programmes 22,000 Bejt Simcha Maskil a multi-genre monthly 32,000 Brno Jewish Community DVD portraying Jewish monuments in South Moravia 30,000 Brno Jewish Community Exhibition of Wergeland in the Senate of the Czech Republic 10,000 Cultural Centre of Třebíč Town Shamajim Festival of Jewish Culture in Třebíč 45,000 Czech Union of Jewish Students JudaFest ,000 Dobříš Regional Musem Association Jews in Dobříš (website) 15,000 Děčín Jewish Community Synagogue as the Venue for Lectures on Judaism 23,000 Hakoach Sports Club Hakoach 2017 Sports Games in Cologne 23,000 Hakoach Sports Club We still enjoy Viktorcup 24,000 Irene Prix Irene 2017 Annual conference and publications 40,000 Jewish Liberal Union in the Hebrew Classes Jewish Traditions 50,000 Czech Republic Jewish Museum in Prague Sunday workshops for parents and children 50,000 Karlovy Vary Jewish Community The Festival of Purim Customs and Traditions 14,000 Kroměříž Regional Museum Publication of the book called Jews and Moravia XXIII 25,000 Lauder s Kindergarten, Elementary Author s textbooks of Jewish education 35,000 School and Grammar School at the Jewish Community in Prague Lauder s Kindergarten, Elementary Bilingual Proceedings of student translations of Hebrew poetry 35,000 School and Grammar School at the Jewish Community in Prague Lauder s Kindergarten, Elementary School and Grammar School at the Jewish Community in Prague Teaching Hebrew to native speakers 40,000 31

32 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Liberec Jewish Community Educational Activities of Liberec Jewish Community ,000 Muzika Judaika MAŽIF VI. (Small Jewish Festival) 20,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Jews in Diaspora Book of Photographs 40,000 Olomouc Jewish Community Olomouc Jewish Community Hebrew Classes 15,000 Organisation of Christians and Jews Revue of the Organisation of Christians and Jews 30,000 Ostrava Jewish Community Monograph: History of the Jewish Community in Ostrava 50,000 Plzeň Jewish Community 2017 Šana 5777/8 30,000 Prague Jewish Community Day of Jewish Monuments 23,000 Prague Jewish Community Jewish Newspaper Obecní Noviny 40,000 Regional Museum in Mikulov Cultural and Educational Programmes in Upper Synagogue (Horní synagoga) 30,000 Sion New Generation Days for Israel 5,000 Teplice Jewish Community 2017 Community Club of Teplice Jewish Community 32,000 The D Association Neo-Nazism and denial of Holocaust Interactive Educational Programme for Primary and Secondary 40,000 Schools (an ongoing project) Ulpan Teplice Teplice Cimes 2017 Days of Jewish Culture 45,000 Unijazz An Association for the Boskovice 2017 Festival for the Jewish Quarter 28,000 Support of Cultural Activities La škola La škola Music for children and parents 30,000 Total 1,106,000 32

33 Our Future Sub-Programme We finance the programmes for young Jewish families in order to support the development of Jewish community within the Czech Republic. We also support projects aimed at the youngest members of Jewish community, their education in Jewish traditions and we strengthen their ties to the Community. The sub-programme was established in 2013 thanks to the exceptional donation from Prague Jewish Community. Since 2015 the programme has been supported by FHV on standard basis. In the second half of 2016 we administered an extraordinary call for proposals to support support cultural, educational and social activities in the territorial jurisdiction of the Jewish Community in Prague. Overview of Granted Endowment Benefits in 2016 In 2016 we provided subsidies to 9 projects in a total amount of CZK402,400, the financial means for these projects came from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, and CZK90,000 to 3 projects from the donation of the Jewish community in Prague. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Bejt Simcha Atid Shelanu Programmes for Children 30,000 Brno Jewish Community A Collection of Literature in Hebrew for Brno Jewish Community 20,000 Chinuch Holiday Workshops 50,000 Federation of Jewish Communities in Limmud CZ SR ,000 the Czech Republic Lauder Kindergarten, Elementary We Celebrate Together 55,000 School and Secondary School Affiliated to the Jewish Community in Prague Olomouc Jewish Community Jewish Traditions for Families with Children 22,400 Prague Jewish Community Summer Camps for Children (suburban and out-of-town) 50,000 Prague Jewish Community Three-generation Community Centre Hagibor 50,000 Teplice Jewish Community We Are Not Alone 25,000 33

34 Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Additional call for proposals from the gift of the Jewish community in Prague Chinuch Shabbat project 30,000 Lauder Kindergarten, Elementary Traditional Teaching in Judaism 30,000 School and Secondary School Affiliated to the Jewish Community in Prague Prague Jewish Community We learn to teach 30,000 Total 492,400 Overview of the Projects Awarded the Support in 2017 For 2017 the Board of Directors selected 9 projects that shall be awarded a support amounting CZK394,000. The sub-programme is completely financed by the Ministry of Culture endowment benefits. Beneficiary Project Name Granted Amount (CZK) Bejt Simcha Sharsheret 25,000 Brno Jewish Community Grandma, tell us how was life those days 10,000 Chinuch We pass the tradition on 50,000 Federation of Jewish Communities Limmud CZ SR ,000 in the Czech Republic Lauder s Kindergarten, Elementary We Celebrate Together 64,000 School and Secondary School at the Jewish Community in Prague Olomouc Jewish Community Jewish Traditions for Families with Children 30,000 Prague Jewish Community Summer Camps for Children (suburban and out-of-town) 50,000 Prague Jewish Community Three-generation Community Centre Hagibor 50,000 Teplice Jewish Community Jewish holidays 5777 at the Jewish community in Teplice 15,000 Total 394,000 34

35 Projects of Our Own We support the development of the Jewish community in the Czech Republic, not only financially but also materially, by organizing our own educational seminars and cultural programmes. We Educate Seminars for workers in social services Since 2011, we have been organizing education seminars and meetings of social workers of Jewish communities in the Czech Republic. Care for survivors and their families is our top priority. The idea to meet has arisen from the need of social workers to pass on experience and knowledge from the care for such specific clients as survivors of Shoah. The seminars are prepared according to the needs of social workers. Over the years, we have made maximum use of experts in the care for survivors of Shoah who work in the Czech Republic, and so we have decided to extend the scope beyond the borders of our country and invite experts from abroad. In 2014, for the first time, we organized a seminar with a foreign lecturer, psychologist Natan Kellermann, a leading specialist for treatment of the Shoa trauma and leading expert in work with the first and second generations after the Holocaust. In 2016, we organised two seminars, one with a foreign lecturer, an Israeli psychiatrist and psychotherapist, Martin Auerbach, the director of the AMCHA-based medical unit in Israel, who takes care of the Shoah survivors and their families. He prepared an all-day seminar on Emotional Load and Challenges in Assisting Professions in Working with Survivors of Shoah. The successful and contributive seminar was attended by 38 members of staff. The seminar was held with the support of the Claims Conference, the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic and the Public Benefit Society to support people affected by the Holocaust. The second seminar was accredited and we prepared it together with the Social Department of the Jewish Community in Prague. The topic was Introduction to the Specifics of Palliative Care for Jewish Clients. The lecturers were a psychotherapist PhDr. Zuzana Peterová, Rabbi David Peter and Chevra Kadisha Chairman, Chaim Kočí. The seminar was attended by 19 participants. The participants were acquainted with the theme of dying and sickness in Judaism, the role of Jewish organizations in helping the sick and dying, aspects of the Jewish funeral, dealing with loss and mourning. 35

36 Mechanchim Seminar for teachers and lecturers of Jewish educational institutions For the fourth year in a row, the Mechanchim Seminar has had a solid place among our educational programs. This is an annual meeting for teachers and trainers of Jewish educational organizations, during which teachers can listen to lectures by leading contemporary Jewish and community-based experts in education and community work, sharing their experiences, informing each other about their current projects, and building further cooperation. 36 The seminar was held in March In the first part, dedicated to teachers of Jewish schools and nurseries, Limmut UK founder Clive Lewton delivered a lecture on How to Educate Whole Jewish Personalities. The second lecturer was Ethel Barylka of the Ibn Gabirol Jewish School in Barcelona, who continued her lecture on Judaism Outside the School Bench. During the second day, Karina Sokolowska from JDC, co-founder of Warsaw Community Center JCC Warsaw, lectured on community work. A traditionally very important part of the seminar was a final discussion on the current situation of Jewish education in Bohemia and the presentation of the current community projects. The Mechanchim Seminar was financially supported by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund, the Jewish Community Foundation in Prague and the Jewish Museum in Prague.

37 We Meet I am Jewish and I Prosper Café Sessions We continued in the series of community cafés called I am Jewish and I Prosper, in which we regularly present interesting members of public that have Jewish roots. We try to show that the mosaic of the Jewish world is diverse, and that the Jewish tradition of a family of individuals can play a very different role in their personal or professional life. In 2016, we organized 2 cafés, both of them were held at Café Jedna in Prague. The presenter, Irenka Kalhousová, held interviews with Tomáš Töpfer and Milan Hein, and Halka Je Třešňáková and Milan Šteindler. Cafés have a steady attendance of 100 to 150 participants. In 2017 we will continue with the cafés project. We started to make videos of these seminars and upload those videos to our YouTube channel. The project was supported by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Community Foundation in Prague. Concert of Marta Kubišová for the FHV We dedicated our annual concert to our donors and partner organizations. Among the honoured guests we welcomed the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Mr. Daniel Herman, and the Minister for Human Rights, Jiří Dienstbier. The evening was traditionally moderated by Ester Janečková. Marta Kubišová presented a range of her hits, of which, especially the last one, Prayer for Marta, resonated strongly among the participants long after the performance. During the evening, the FHV organised a collection for projects in the Survival Care programme and the visitors to the concert contributed with CZK13,800. The concert was held in cooperation with the Ungelt Theater. We would like to, once again, thank you all for your support, a lovely occasion to meet and we look forward to seeing you again next year. 37

38 We Remember Together with the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic, we organized a traditional commemorative meeting on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day and Prevention of Crimes against Humanity, on 27 January 2016, in the Senate of the Parliament of Czech Republic. The patron of the meeting was Mr. Milan Štěch, the President of the Senate of the Czech Parliament, who also addressed the guests. Holocaust witnesses, Asaf Auerbach and Hanuš Hron, the President of the Committee for Compensation for the Roma Holocaust Čeněk Růžička, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Michaela Marksová and Chairman of the FJC Petr Papoušek, who also read the greeting of the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, Jan Hamáček. The commemorative event was accompanied with the exhibition of the Carlsbad Jewish community Stín na duši Shadow on the Soul... the memories and the destinies of Holocaust witnesses from Karlovy Vary and its surroundings, which we also co-financed. The event was attended by dozens of Shoah witnesses, 8 witnesses directly from Karlovy Vary, Minister of Culture Daniel Herman, ambassadors, representatives of important cultural organizations and 20 Lauder School students. The survivors were, for the first time, accompanied by their children and grandchildren. The meeting was held in cooperation with the Senate of the Czech Republic and with the support of the Jewish Community in Prague. 38

39 Grant of the Ministry of Culture On December 18, 2014, the FHV signed an agreement with Czech Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic on a long term partnership on a project called Provision of Endowment Benefits in FHV Programmes Renovation, Remembrance and Future. Based on an approved statement of subsidy in 2015, on April 27, 2016, we received a decision of the Ministry of Culture on a provision of a non-investment subsidy from the state budget amounting CZK20 million for the calendar year We funded all projects in the Renovation, Reminder, and Future programs (including the sub-programme Our Future). Out of the granted CZK20 million we did not manage to use CZK261, In total, there were 100 projects financed with the Ministry of Culture grant. The funds also covered the FHV administrative costs. Summary of Costs Covered by the Ministry of Culture Endowment Benefit Received Benefit Funds Used Endowment Benefits Renovation Programme Remembrance Programme Future Programme and Sub-Programme Our Future Total FHV Operational Costs Consumption of Material Services (water, gas, electricity) Travel Expenses Office Space Rental Costs Phone, Internet Costs Postage Fees Graphic Studio and Printing and Publishing Services Translations Salaries of Employees Subcontractors Remuneration Health Insurance and Social Security Costs Total CZK20,000,000 CZK12,848,559 CZK2,980,324 CZK1,409,955 CZK17,238,838 CZK80,000 CZK20,000 CZK20,000 CZK180,000 CZK28,000 CZK12,000 CZK90,000 CZK20,000 CZK1,480,000 CZK65,000 CZK505,000 CZK2,500, Ministry of Culture Endowment Benefit CZK19,738,838 Payback of the Unused Funds (total) CZK261,162 39

40 The entire subsidy was audited by 22HLAV s.r.o. auditing company We submitted the final report and the bill to the Ministry of Culture on 31 January Auditor s Report was submitted to the Ministry of Culture on February 15, We would like to thank the Ministry of Culture for their support and cooperation. 40

41 Financial Report The FHV financial report was assessed for a period from January 1 to December 31, In 2000, the FHV received an endowment benefit amounting CZK300 million from the former State Property Fund, today s Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. These financial means are distributed in harmony with the stated grant rules on yearly basis. A large proportion of these financial means has been distributed as part of the endowment benefits, the remaining CZK52 million is invested in shares. Part of the funds is administered by ČSOB Asset Management, second part is managed by Conseq Investment Management, a.s. On January 29, 2014 the contract on the transfer and use of financial means between FHV and the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic was terminated, all of the unused funds remained in the administration of FHV; the funds will further be administered as FHV own funds. In 2016, in the 15 call for proposals, a total granted amount was CZK21,832,000. Of which 17,239,000 was financed by the subsidy of the Ministry of Culture, CZK4,333,000 was financed by the FHV s own means. The remaining CZK260,000 was funded by a donation from the Public Benefit Society to support people affected by Holocaust, the Public Collection and the gift of the Jewish Community in Prague. The FHV administration costs in 2016 amounted to CZK3,572,000 Out of this sum CZK850,000 was paid by NFOH from its own funds, CZK2,500,000 from the subsidy of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and CZK222,000 was paid from other external sources. 41

42 Use of FHV s own funds within the last 3 years (in thousands of CZK) Year Net Income Administration Costs Endowment Benefits The Remaining Financial Means 69, ,939 2,733 12,870 55, ,289 1, , , ,333 51,914 Total of all FHV Financial Resources (in thousands of CZK) Financial Source Initial Balance of Resources Resources Gained Throughout the Year Means Used for Administration Means used in the Care programme Means used for the Renovation, Future, and Reminder programmes Unused resources Total Balance of Financial Means at the End of the Year Grants and Donations (excluding the Public collection) Donations Acquired through Public Collection The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic Endowment Benefit ,000 2,500 17, * State Property Fund 55,937 1, ,333 51,914 *Unused subsidy funds, which will be returned to the account of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in January

43 Balance as of December 31, 2016 in thousands of CZK ASSETS Fixed Assets Individual Movables and their Collections 51 Depreciations to Individual Movables and their Collections 51 Other Financial Fixed Assets 49,411 Total Fixed Assets 49,411 Current Assets Other Liabilities 154 Petty Cash Fund 7 Valuables 20 Bank Accounts 3,332 Expected Costs 1 Expected Income 33 Total Current Assets 3,547 Total Assets 52,958 LIABILITIES FHV Own Sources FHV Own Capital 1 Funds 52,030 Valuation Differences from Revaluation of Property and Liabilities 280 Account of Trading in Approval Procedure 239 Total Own Capital 52,550 Not Own Capital Contractors 18 Employees 102 Other Liabilities to Employees 7 Liabilities to SZ and ZP institutions 53 Other direct taxes 10 Commitments to the state budget 153 Expected Expenses 65 Total Not Own Capital 408 Total Liabilities 52,958 43

44 Profit and Loss Statement to December 31, 2016 in thousands of CZK Income Income from Sale of Services 50 Other Revenues 228 Income from the Sales of Stocks and Shares 61,320 Received Donations (gifts) 129 Operating Subsidies 2,500 Total Income 64,227 Costs Consumption of Material and Energy 121 Services (travel expenses, representation costs, repairs, other services) 1,078 Total Personnel Costs 2,251 Other Costs 122 Stocks and Shares Sold 60,416 Total Costs 63,988 Trading Income 239 The complete wording of the Addendum is enclosed as a part of the Collection of Documents in the Foundation Registry. 44

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46 The Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board In 2016, the Board of Director and Supervisory Board of the FHV met for a joint meeting five times. The Board of Directors also voted in a form of per rollam vote. The Supervisory Board had six independent meetings. The supervisory board members actively participate at the FHV events, they are at hand to help the FHV administration, and they work for free. Board of Directors The Chairman Ing. Michal Klíma General manager and Chairperson of VLTAVA LABE MEDIA Publishing House. Graduated from Czech Technical University in Till 1989, he worked as a computer programmer. From 1990 to 1997 he was the head of Lidové Noviny Publishing. Between he worked as a Director-General of Economia Publishing. 46 In 2000, he established, and later also managed, for three years, an internet publishing portal, Economia Online. Between 2003 and 2009 he was a Director-General and the Chairman of Board of Directors of Economia Publishing. From , he also worked as a Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ecopress Publishing. Between 2011 and 2012 he worked as a director of Slovak publishing house Spoločnosť 7 Plus in Bratislava. In 2013 he founded a tablet weekly called Dotyk. From he was a member of Board of Directors and Vice-President of the World Association of Newspapers seated in Paris. In 2003, he bought a decaying building of the former synagogue in Hartmanice na Šumavě, established a civic association that reconstructed the synagogue, and runs a monument that reminds us of the co-existence of Czechs, Germans and Jews in the Šumava region. He publishes political commentaries and articles mostly focusing on the problems of the media in newspapers and magazines. Occasionally, he gives lectures in the Czech Republic and abroad. He is married with two adult children. Honorary Chairman Prof. Ing. Felix Kolmer, DrSc. A graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Czech Technical University with a major in Physics and Acoustics. Professor Kolmer is a survivor of the concentration camps in Terezín, Auschwitz and Friedland. From 1949 till 1991, he worked in The Research Institute of Sound, Picture and Speaker Technology in Prague as a scientist, and later on as the Head of the Acoustics Department, Scientific Vice-Director, and Director of the Institute. After his retirement, he worked as an advisor to the Director of the Institute. Since 1962, he has collaborated with the Czech Technical University, later with the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts as a teacher of Acoustics, and since 1982, with the academic title of Professor. He is the author of many publications and gives lectures all over the world. Lately, he has been

47 giving lectures on Czech-German relations during WWII, and on the life in the concentration camps, to schools and and Christian-Jewish associations in Germany. He holds several state awards and is an honourable member of several scientific societies in the Czech Republic and abroad. Currently, Professor Kolmer is a Vice-President of the Internationales Auschwitz Komitee, vice-chairman of the Czech Auschwitz Committee, is a member of the Board of the Bundesverband für Information und Beratung der NS-Verfolgten in Cologne, Germany and a member of the Board of the Terezín Initiative, the Board of Directors of the Czech Association for the Victims of Nazism, the Council of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic and a member of the Czech-German Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Germany. Vice-Chairman PhDr. Tomáš Hrbek A graduate of an 11-year Secondary School in Olomouc, After his graduation exams he worked for Pozemní Stavby Construction Company in Prostějov, constructing Farmakon. Later, after a period of personal hardships, he studied Czech and English at the Faculty of Arts at Palacký University in Olomouc. Till 1990, he taught at the Secondary School of Economics in Olomouc, and from 1990, he worked as the Chancellor of Palacký University, simultaneously teaching the history of theatre at the Faculty of Arts, for a short period of time. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as a pensioner for the Communication Department of Palacký University. Currently, he is a Vice-Chairman of Olomouc Jewish Community and, since 2015, has been working as an editor of its monthly newspaper Chajejnu. Dr.Hrbek is married and has two sons, one grandson and two granddaughters. Members Ing. Michal Borges Secretary General of the Prague Jewish Community. At the beginning of the 90s, he actively participated in the process of returning the immovable property back to the Jewish communities. From 1992 to the beginning of 2006, he was in charge of Matana, a.s., which deals with the management and development of immovable property owned by the Jewish community in Prague. Between 2009 and 2015 he was the chairman of the NFOH's board. He is very proud of his grand children. JUDr. Hana Frištenská She is a lawyer. Between 1977 and 1991 she worked as a curator and work methodology specialist with Roma in Prague. Since 1991 she worked in the Department for Human Rights of the Czechoslovak Government. Since 1993 she was the director of the Board for Minorities of the Czechoslovak Government. Between 1996 and 2005 she was the director of the office of the Board for NGOs of the Czech government. Between she worked as the vice-chair of the Fund for the Development of Civic Society. Since 2010 she has, again, been working as a Secretary of The Government Council for Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organisations seated at the Office of The Government. She is an author of several essays on the field of NGO sector or multiculturalism. 47

48 PhDr. Taťjana Pelíšková A graduate of the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno, with a major in Ethnology and the History of Art. She has worked in the Czech Radio music section, further as the Brno Jewish Community Secretary. Currently, she works in the field of public relations in a private company. She is the representative of the Brno Jewish Community in the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic. Dr. Pelíšková is married and has two adult sons and two grandchildren. Michaela Rozov, M.Sc. She is a graduate of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (political science, modern Jewish history). Her MA thesis from Hebrew University was awarded with the Erich Kulka Price (excellent history of Holocaust study). She also graduated from Columbia University of New York (journalism). Until 2003 she worked as a journalist writing news reports 48 and analytical studies mainly on the Isra eli- Palestinian conflict and the political situation, religion, culture and social issues in Israel (Respekt, Mladá Fronta, Lidove Noviny). She worked also for American press (Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, ABC News). She is a co-author on a documentary called Afghani Shangri La (she collaborated with Petra Procházková from Epicentrum Agency). She later worked as an advisor at the Department of Middle East and Africa of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2005 she works as an interpretor (English and Hebrew). She speaks English, Hebrew, Czech and German. JUDr. Dagmar Tyšerová A lawyer of the Property Rights Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, and a graduate of the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. She worked as a lawyer in the Foreign Currency Section of the Office for Property and Foreign Currency Administration. From 1991 to 2008, she worked at the Ministry of Finance as a Manager of the Department of Extra Judicial Rehabilitations with special focus on restitutions. Since 2000, she has been working in a special analytical commission of the Ministry of Finance focusing on privatization. In , she was the head of the Department for Approving Depositing with National Property. Since May 1, 2014 she has been working as a director of the State Property Management Section. She is a lecturer on issues of treatment and management of state property. She has been collaborating with the FHV on external basis since 2004, and since 2008 she has been a member of the Board of Directors. Ing. Zdeněk Novák Since April 2015, she has been working as the State Secretary of the Czech Ministry of Culture. He is a graduate of Mendel University in Brno and a graduate of a post-graduate programme of care for historic sights at the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is a specialist in the field of monument protection, care for cultural heritage, cultural public affairs and

49 the history of garden and landscape architecture. He has published several scientific essays and lectures on these topics. His expertise in landscape architecture allows him a wider perception of questions associated with the care for natural and cultural heritage on a nationwide level. Among other things, he worked as a specialist in the Brno Monument Institute, later as his director, from 1998 to 2005 he was Deputy Minister of Culture, later General Director of the National Monument Institute and Director of Matana, as Since 2008 he has been teaching at the University of Economics in Prague and between he was the General Director of the National Agricultural Museum in Prague. Supervisory Board The Chairman JUDr. Jaroslav Niklas, Ph.D., MBA Graduated at the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. From 1991, he worked as a lawyer at the State Property Fund and, from 2006, at the Ministry of Finance in the Section of Privatization of State Property, Ecological Damages Department. For the Ministry of Finance, he lead a contractual agenda and coordinated the collaboration of selected foundations and endowment funds as an assignor of endowment benefits of the Foundation Investment Fund. He now works as a lawyer at the Ministry of Agriculture in Economics and Information Technology Section Sub-Section of Departmental Organisations. He has been collaborating with the FHV since the first year of its existence. Since July 1, 2014 he has been a member of the Supervisory Board, and he currently chairs it. He has an adult daughter and two grandchildren. Members Michael Lichtenstein Graduate of a Secondary School of Chemistry, further the Institute of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, focusing on the management and economics of industry. Since 1990, he has been in the position of Managing Director of MIPEBO, a.s., and later Chaver s.r.o. In 2007, he completed his studies focusing on PR and marketing of non-profit organizations. Currently he is a Vice-Chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic and a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Teplice Jewish Community and Chairman of ZO ČSBS Teplice. He is a lecturer for the Ministry of Education teaching on the Holocaust. Jiří Süss Graduate of a Secondary School of Economics focus on general economics, and later, while working, he focused on the customs procedures and later he attended a school for basketball coaches. Currently, he works as a freelancer. He is a graduate of the University Programme for Seniors in the field of Man and His Region. 49

50 Employees Mgr. Marta Malá, Th.D. Director Graduated at Charles University, the Institute of Jewish Studies. Marta has three children: Miriam, David and Matyáš. She has been working for the FHV since 2002, and since 2006 she has been its executive director. Mgr. Andrea Fictumova Coordinator of Care, Remembrance, Future programmes She holds an MA in Historical Sociology from the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University. She has three sons Ondřej, Martin and Petr. She has been working for FHV since Our Volunteers We wish to thank to all our volunteers for their work with organising our own projects: Alena Altmanová, Tomáš Nývlt and Petr Šraier Bc. Ester Karasová Financial manager Since 2004, she has been working in non-profit organizations as an accountant, budget specialist, grant and donation administrator. She devotes most of her free time to her family. Occasionally she helps in organisations providing direct care. She has a daughter called Eliška and two sons called Jakub and Matěj. She has been working as a financial manager in FHV since December Mgr. Tereza Váňová Subject specialist A graduate of MA programme in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford University. She has been working for the FHV since At the same time, she works as a teacher of Judaism in Lauder School of Prague. She has two daughters: Johanka and Rozárka. Kateřina Šichmanová Administrative worker She is a graduate of Prague Lauder schools. She wrote a book on the history of Jewish orphanage in Belgická Street. She has been studying her sixth year at the Faculty of Law of Prague Charles University, and for about the same period of time she has been employed by the FHV. In June 2015, she gave birth to her son, Jonatan. She is currently on maternity leave. 50