PINKAS SYNAGOGUE

Permanent exhibition of the Jewish Museum:
Children's drawings from the Terezín ghetto

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The late Gothic Pinkas Synagogue is the second oldest surviving synagogue in Prague. It was founded in 1535 by Aaron Meshulam Horowitz, a prominent member of the Prague Jewish community, and is probably named after his grandson, Rabbi Pinkas Horowitz.

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  • Get your free admission ticket by presenting your Prague CoolPass at the Spanish, Pinkas or Maisel Synagogues, or at the Jewish Museum Information Centre.
  • The Prague Jewish Town Ticket currently includes admission to the Old Jewish Cemetery, Old-New Synagogue, Spanish Synagogue, Maisel Synagogue and Pinkas Synagogue.
  • Prague's Jewish monuments are open daily except on Saturdays and Jewish holidays.
  • Exhibitions begin closing 10 minutes before the official closing time.
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It was originally a place of prayer for the Horowitz family and was located near a ritual bath (mikveh). It was restored to its original form in 1950-54.

Permanent Exhibition: Memorial to the Bohemian and Moravian Victims of the Holocaust

In 1955-60 the Pinkas Synagogue was turned into a memorial to the nearly 80,000 Jewish victims of the Shoah from Bohemia and Moravia. One of the earliest memorials of its kind in Europe, it is the work of two painters, Václav Boštík and Jiří John. After the Soviet invasion of 1968, the memorial was closed to the public for more than 20 years. It was fully reconstructed and reopened to the public in 1995 after the fall of the Communist regime.

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Bella
August 19, 2024
Molto suggestiva, mette un po' di angoscia leggere tutti i nomi dei morti e vedere i disegni dei bambini durante la guerra
Ilaria, Italia
No us ho perdeu
December 29, 2022
Molt petita però exquisida. No us la perdeu. Quan acabes la visita surts pel cementiri que és molt bonic
Montserrat, Barcelona-Catalunya
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