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Pinkasova synagóga (Pinkas Synagogue)
Pinkasova synagóga (Pinkas Synagogue) Review
Here you'll find two moving testimonies to the appalling crimes perpetrated against the Jews during World War II. One astounds by sheer numbers: The walls are covered with nearly 80,000 names of Bohemian and Moravian Jews murdered by the Nazis. Among them are the names of the paternal grandparents of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The second is an exhibition of drawings made by children at the Nazi concentration camp Terezín. The Nazis used the camp for propaganda purposes to demonstrate their "humanity" toward the Jews, and for a time the prisoners were given relative freedom to lead "normal" lives. However, transports to death camps in Poland began in earnest in 1944, and many thousands of Terezín prisoners, including most of these children, later perished. The entrance to the Old Jewish Cemetery is through this synagogue.
- Address: Siroká 3, Josefov, Prague, Bohemia, 110 00 | Map It
- Phone: 221-711-511
- Cost: Combined ticket to museums and Old-New Synagogue 480 Kc; museums only, 300 Kc
- Hours: Apr.-Oct., Sun.-Fri. 9-6; Nov.-Mar., Sun.-Fri. 9-4:30.
- Website: www.jewishmuseum.cz
- Location: Josefov (Jewish Quarter)
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