The history of the Jews in the Czech lands, historically the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, including the modern Czech Republic, goes back at least 1,100 years. There is evidence that Jews have lived in
Jews taking snuff in Prague, painting by Mírohorský, 1885
The Jubilee Synagogue was built between 1898 and 1906, named to mark the 50th anniversary (jubilee) of the HIM Franz Joseph I of Austria
Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia are deported from Croydon airport, England, on 31 March 1939.
Jews wearing yellow badges in Prague, c. 1942
Jews settled in this small region variously called Ruthenia, Carpathian Ruthenia, Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia or simply Transcarpathia as early as the 15th century. Local rulers allowed Jewish citizens to
Jews of Carpathian Ruthenia, 1938
Synagogue in Ungvár (Uzhhorod), 1920
Synagogye in Svaljava (Szolyva), 1922
Jews from Carpathian Ruthenia arrive at Auschwitz-Birkenau, May 1944