Jewish people have been living in the Czech Republic for more than a thousand years. Since their arrival in the 9th centrury they have formed several communities in many places in both Bohemia and Moravia. The number of Jews has never been high but it certainly does not mean their cultural influence has been insignificant. On the contrary. The Jewish community have always very carefully preserved their customs, traditions and culture and we can therefore still admire their heritage today.
In the Czech Republic there are several hundred cemetaries and around 200 synagogues from which one in Prague and one in Brno are still being used for services. Outside Prague probably the most famous one is the Jewish Quarter in the town of Třebič which appears on the UNESCO list. However, the Jewish culture is not represented only by buildings. The Jewish Museum was opened in Prague in 1906, and here we can find very precious books, manuscripts and other many other things of great artistic value. In Terezín the Little Ghetto is open, reminding us of the atrocities of World War II.
In Divišov, a small town not far from Benešov, lived until the World War ...
Even though the first Jewish people settled down in this area in the 15th ...
The statue of Franz Kafka is situated at the corner of the Vězeňská and ...
The Jewish Cemetery is situated in the Nezamyslova street in the Brno part Židenice. ...
It is important to realise that the Jewish museum in Prague actually comprises several ...
The synagogue was built in the 19th century during the times of civil and ...
The Jewish synagogue in Děčin is situated only a few hundred meters from the ...
The memorial plague of Albert Einstein (1879 – 1995), a Nobel ...
Otilie Davidová, Franz Kafka’s sister. She was killed by the Nazi occupants. The memorial ...
Franz Kafka's grave is situated at the New Jewish Cemeterz in Olšany. ...
The Jewish settlement had had a long tradition in Heřmanův Městec, a small town ...
Gabriela Herrmannová is Franz Kafka's sister. She was killed by the Nazi occupants. The ...
The Jewish cemetery in Heřmanův městec is very old, it was founded together with ...
The Jewish cemetery is located in Zborovská street, north-east of the synagogue. It is ...
The first Jewish settlement in Hranice dates back to the beginning of the 17th ...