16 October 2015, 5pm – 7 pm
MORE THAN WORDS!
Hundreds of people gathered in the pouring rain under Aleš Veselý’s sculpture Gate to Infinity, determined to brave the mud and cold.
Joined by wartime survivors, diplomats from Kosovo, Albania, Finland, Bulgaria, Germany and Israel, the mayor of Prague Adriana Krnáčová, and the mayor of Prague 7 Jan Čižinský, they spent more than an hour and a half drumming in order to express their stand against a silent majority passively looking on during a time of general endangerment.
The organizers of this public gathering, survivors, and members of the Terezín initiative,
who came to Bubny in the footsteps of their own wartime stories, would like to thank all those who participated.
The rhythm was defined by Miloš Vacík’s Tam Tam Batucada orchestra and drummers David Koller, Alan Vitouš, Jan Červenka, Jaroslav Kořán, Jan Horváth, Papis Mias, Vít Halška and Lenka Dundrová.
Gathered under umbrellas, the crowd watched a 40-minute „warm-up session“ by musicians and actors from various Prague theaters.
Jana Boušková, Václav Vydra, Nela Boudová and Bára Hrzánová read quotes by Czech and international authors. QUOTATION_EN.pdf
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This was followed by the group drumming, which did not begin to die down until an hour and a half later. Some 360 participants played on drums made using money raised from a HitHit fundraiser. Another 100 drummers brought their own instruments.
Special thanks go to Mr. Libor Winkler and Mr. Jean-Francois Otto for their significant financial support.
Thanks also go to the Czech Ministry of Culture and the Prague 7 Municipal District.
Next year, on the 75th anniversary of the first Jewish transport from Prague, we will again meet at Prague-Bubny train station in order to drum against a silent majority passively looking on!
In the meantime, we will continue to drum for the Bubny Memorial of Silence on its path towards realization.
You can follow our project’s ongoing development on our website and on Facebook.
Thank you very much!