Photo: Michaela Danelová, Czech Radio
The annual event Drumming for Bubny, commemorating the victims of the first Nazi transport of Jews from Prague on October 16, 1941, will take place at the site of the Bubny railway station on Monday evening. Organized by the Memorial of Silence, the drumming is a symbolic protest against public indifference to violence. To learn more about the event, I spoke with the head of the memorial’s press unit, Klára Bobková.
“The event Drumming for Bubny is taking place today because on the 16th of October, 1941 the first Jewish transport from Prague took place and the train set off from the Prague-Bubny railway station. It’s important to remember this horrible event that took place in our history.”
The anniversary is commemorated every year. Do you feel it has a special significance in the present day?
“It’s one thing is to reminisce the anniversary of the first Jewish transport from Prague, but on the other hand it’s important to think about what’s happening now. Regarding Israel and Ukraine and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, all these conflicts taking place. Drumming for Bubny supports the people who are in these conflicts, on the sides of Israel, Ukraine and Karabakh – all the people suffering in these conflicts.”
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