About the contest

Time schedule of the 19th contest "Lidice for the 21st century"

8. 1. 2024
Monday
Beginning of registration of schools
22. 1. 2024
MondayBeginning of individual registration
24. 1. 2024
Wednesday
Start of the 1st round of the contest
26. 2. 2024
MondayEnd of registration for the contest
27. 2. 2024
TuesdayClosing date of the 1st round
5. 4. 2024
Friday
Announcement of the results of the first round and of the competition of schools.
12. 4. 2024
Friday
Start of the 2nd round of the contest
19. 4. 2024
Friday
Closing date of the 2nd round
8. 5. 2024
Wednesday
Publication of the results on the website
22. 5. 2024
Wednesday
Results announcement ceremony of the current year


Who can take part in the contest?

The contest is meant for Czech, Slovak, Polish, English and German speaking students of 10-19 years of age.

How can a school participate in the contest?

Every school that registers into the contest makes it easier for its pupils to fill-in the application form and will be automatically included in the Competition For the Most Active School.

What does the contest consist in?

The first round of the contest has two parts:

  1. a knowledge test you will get access to after you have applied for the contest. You don't need to complete all questions in one session, you can get back to it any time later. To access the unfinished test, you will need only your email address and access password.
  2. An essay on the theme that will be found on this website after your registration. This essay must not be longer than 3,000 characters (otherwise it will be rejected by the system), but shorter essays are allowed.

How will I find whether I advance to the second round?

The results of the first round of the contest will be available on this website. In each category, 21 contestants with the highest scores will qualify for the 2nd (final) round (if there are more contestants with the same score, the decision resides with the Committee).

What is the the scenario for the second round?

The participants who will have qualified for the second round shall complete a knowledge test (as in the first round).

How will the winner of the whole contest be determined?

The winning order is determined according to the sum of the scores in the first and second rounds. The results will be available on this website.

Prizes for the contestants

The contestants taking the first three places in each category as well as the contestants awarded special prizes for their essays will receive a glass sculpture and material gifts from partners of the contest. The winner of the contest for the most active school will receive a reward in the form of partially or fully reimbursed bus fare to the prize award ceremony.

Will I receive back my entries submitted for the contest?

Neither the knowledge tests from the first and second rounds nor the essay will be sent back to the contestants – they are to be stored in the file of the current edition of the contest.

How to apply?

If you wish to participate in the contest, you need only to fill in the application form that is to be found on this website. If your school is registered for the contest, you need only to find the data of your school in the school registry, which is a part of the application. If your school is not registered, you select an individual participation in the application form and fill in the data of your school individually. After you submit the application form, you will receive an email saying that you have become a contestant; then you can start completing the test and compiling your essay. A school can be registered by a representative of the school according to the instructions found in the section School registration .

NOTE! Please, fill in the application carefully, check the correct date of birth, e-mail and the password.


Important documents of the contest "Lidice for the 21st century".

Contest "For the Most Active School"

From the 4th year on, the contest "Lidice for the 21st Century" officially includes a contest meant for schools, which is called "For the Most Active School". Every school registered for the contest is automatically registered for the contest of schools. The most active school (the school with he highest number of participants) will receive a reward in the form of partially or fully reimbursed travel expenses to the winners announcement ceremony and refreshments for pupils. Schools with a high number of participants will receive interesting books.

The criteria for determination of the winner of the competition of schools are as follows:

  • Number of participants from the individual school relative to the number of students of the school. This information is a part of the school registration data and, in the cases of the most widely represented schools, will be verified by the contest secretary directly at schools.
  • Quality of the entries submitted by the pupils of the school

This is to eliminate discrimination against small schools and purposive registration of pupils without their active participation in the contest.

The assessment and announcement of the results of the contest of schools will take place along with the assessment and announcement of the results of the 1st round of the contest on 5 Apr 2024.


Dear visitors of the website for the contest "Lidice for the 21st century"

If you are between 10 to 19 and eager to get acquainted with memorable places of the Czech Republic, to check up on and improve your knowledge of recent history and perhaps to obtain material prizes for your knowledge, then feel free to join our contest.

The contest "Lidice for the 21st century" for pupils and students from all over the world has been organized for nineteen years now by the Lidice Memorial, the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the

Philosophical Faculty, Charles University. It is a two-round competition consisting of a knowledge test and an essay, offering many benefits:

  1. It takes place on the Internet;
  2. You can use one of the four contest languages, the essay can be written also in Slovak language;
  3. The contest is divided into two age categories: 10-14 and 15-19 years of age.
  4. You have four weeks in the 1st round to complete the knowledge test and the essay;
  5. The essay can be of any literary genre and form.
  6. You can use a wide variety of resources in your research (Internet, libraries, archives etc.);
  7. The top 21 contestants in each category will qualify for the second (final) round;
  8. All 42 finalists will receive material gifts and an invitation to the prize award ceremony;
  9. If you are not successful in the knowledge test, you still will be able to receive an award for the essay;
  10. The participants who register through their school can succeed also in the competition "For the Most Active School".
  11. You will learn many important and interesting things on events of the WWII and post-war periods of Lidice.

Statuses, rules and rules of procedure.

The organizers of the contest are looking forward to seeing you.