Spanish Synagogue (Prague)
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The Spanish Synagogue is a former Reform Jewish synagogue, located in the area of the so-called Jewish Town, Prague, in the Czech Republic. The synagogue was completed in 1868 in the Moorish Revival s
The former synagogue, now museum, in 2007
Interior of the synagogue
Dome above the main hall
Torah ark and bimah
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
Spanish Synagogue (Prague)
…oratory in it. Since 1935, the appearance of the synagogue has remained essentially unchanged. During the Second World War, confiscated properties of Czech Jewish Communities were stored in the synagogue, e.g. the furniture from other synagogues. Ten years after the war, the synagogue was handed over to the Jewish Museum and…
Jews taking snuff in Prague, painting by Mírohorský, 1885
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Jews wearing yellow badges in Prague, c. 1942