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1 day ago · Quick Guide to Prague’s Synagogues. Entrance Fee: A combined ticket to the Jewish Museum in Prague costs CZK 500/370 for adults and children. It covers the five synagogues and the Jewish cemetery in Josefov (Maisel, Pinkas, Klausen, Spanish, and the Old New Synagogues). It also includes entrance to the Ceremonial Hall and Robert Guttmann ...
23 hours ago · In 1872, a Russian translation of "The Jewish Cemetery in Prague" appeared in Saint Petersburg as a separate pamphlet of purported non-fiction. François Bournand, in his Les Juifs et nos Contemporains (1896), reproduced the soliloquy at the end of the chapter, in which the character Levit expresses as factual the wish that Jews be "kings of ...
1 day ago · Among the more memorable and humbling sights are the Old Cemetery, which dates to the 15th century and the Pinkas Synagogue, which lists the names of 77,297 Czech Jews who perished in the Holocaust. Outside of Prague is the city of Terezin and the concentration camp with gates that 150,000 Jews walked through. The guide at Terezin kept calling ...
5 days ago · The lowest point in the city is 623 feet (190 metres) above sea level, and the highest point is 1,247 feet (380 metres) on White Mountain (Bílá hora). The climate of Prague is typically mid-continental, with temperatures there averaging 67 °F (19.3 °C) in July and 31 °F (−0.6 °C) in January.
2 days ago · Heydrich, September 1939 [c] By order of the Reichsführer-SS, residency without possession of an identification card is punishable by death. Heydrich, November 1939 On 29 November 1939, Heydrich issued a cable about the "Evacuation of New Eastern Provinces", detailing the deportation of people by railway to concentration camps, and giving guidance surrounding the December 1939 census, which ...
1 day ago · Pic: Wikipedia. Tate Britain is featuring the work of an 18th century Jewish artist in its latest exhibition. “Now you see us, Women artists in Britain 1520-1920′ includes a miniature portrait by Catherine da Costa, lent by Jewish Museum London. Born in London to a Sephardi family, da Costa (née Mendes), 1679-1756, was the first noteworthy ...
1 day ago · Czech Republic, country located in central Europe. It comprises the historical provinces of Bohemia and Moravia along with the southern tip of Silesia, collectively called the Czech Lands. In 2016 the country adopted the name ‘Czechia’ as a shortened, informal name for the Czech Republic. The capital is Prague.
