Between the figure of the Prague Rabbi Löwe with his famous Golem and the unimaginable suffering of Jews in the Terezín fortress lie centuries of the common life of Czechs, Jews and Germans on the territory of Bohemia and Moravia.

In Prague the Jewish Community existed as far back as the 10th century. Jewish municipal districts (sometimes simply little streets named "U Zidu" - The Jews), autonomous settlements and ghettos connected with the town often by only a small street and gate, as, for instance, in Breznice, came into being in many Czech and Moravian towns. The Jewish Quarter in Boskovice with its tortuous streets, town hall, hospital, rabbinate, school, the Mikve ritual bathhouse, and the butcher’s shops, is one of the most interesting Jewish monuments of this type. The Jewish district in Mikulov boasts a tradition of its own religious schools and synagogues from the 15th century. Zamosti the Jewish district of Trebic, with its 120 buildings with renaissance, baroque and classical elements, is the best preserved of all the Jewish Quarters in the Czech Republic.

Don’t think twice about visiting any of these monuments. You will learn of the pogroms and other injustices, but also of old customs and the traditions of our fellow citizens, their tenacity, diligence, and the single-mindedness with which they confronted their historical challenge.

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