Prague's Jewry: A unique success story - until 1938...
Prague's Jewry: A unique success story - until 1938...
Jewish history
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This tour shows the development of the well-known Prague Jewish community from the time of the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century, their advancement in industry, art and literature and finally also in the civil service, their large part in the development of Bohemia into an industrial superpower, the training of the Prague Zionism in the face of growing anti-Semitism towards the end of the 19th century and its fate after 1938, the occupation by Nazi Germany. One of the main themes is the phenomenon of Prague German literature, a unique development in a language island that produced world-renowned writers in the early 20th century who are largely forgotten today. The only exceptions are e.g. Kafka, Werfel, Kisch or Brod.
Itinerary
Old Jewish Cemetery
40 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedOne of the oldest still existing Jewish cemeteries in Europe, a unique heritage, miraculously untouched by Hitler, together with 2 synagogues and the Chevra Kadisha.The Old-New Synagogue
20 minsAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe Old-New Synagogue represents one of the oldest and largest Jewish communities in Europe. Josefov was the Prague ghetto for a long time, but also the starting point of 19th-century Jewish emancipationSpanish Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague
1 hoursAdmission Ticket Not IncludedThe Spanish Synagogue is also the headquarters of the Jewish Museum. Numerous documents clearly show the process of Jewish emancipation and the rise of the Jewish bourgeoisie.Staromestske namesti
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe Old Town Square, the city center, was also the residence of the Kafkas, the Berta Fanta salon important for the development of Prague Zionism, and generally the center of Prague's largely German-acculturated Jewish communityVinohrady
1 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeThis Prague district was one of the centers of Prague's bourgeoisie after the demolition of the old Jewish Quarter in the Old Town. Numerous stumbling blocks are reminiscent of the often well-known personalities who lived here until 1938.New Jewish Cemetery
1 hoursAdmission Ticket FreeThe New Jewish Cemetery in Prague is one big history book. The numerous tombs tell the story of Prague's Jewish elite, writers, industrialists, artists of the late 19th centuryCafé Louvre
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe café was also the seat of the Prague Academy discussion group. Franz Kafka and Max Brod attended, and nearby was the Reading and Speech Hall of German Students, an institution largely shaped by Prague Jewish intellectualism.
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KulturCaféPrag
USD 167.38
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