Jewish Prague With a Local Historian

This very distinctive tour will immerse you in the Jewish heritage of Prague, focusing on the history, traditions, legends that were central to Jewish life. As a young Czech historian and journalist, I will take you to important areas of the city that were essential to the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust. On our walk through the Jewish Quarter, we will visit the forgotten departure lounge from which Czech Jewish were placed on train transports to the Nazi death camps. In addition, we will step into the 13th Century and tour the Jewish district, which at that time, was the largest Jewish ghetto in Europe. The tour will spotlight the life and writings Franz Kafka. Our walk through the Jewish quarter will take us to the magnificent Prague synagogue. We will pass by the house in which Franz Kafka was born. We will visit the New Jewish Cemetery where Kafka is buried.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Jerusalem Synagogue, Jeruzalemska 1310/7, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Jerusalem Synagogue

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Klausen Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague, U Stareho Hrbitova, 243/3A Stare Mesto, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Walking through Jewish Quarter

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Novy zidovsky Hrbitov, Izraelska 712/1 Praha 3 - Zizkov, Prague 130 00 Czech Republic

Jewish Cemetery

Duration: 30 minutes