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06-MAR-2017

Jewish Museum in Prague – Pinkas Synagogue (Židovské muzeum – Pinkasova synagoga)

Following a reconstruction from the early 50s, the interior was adapted as a Memorial of Czech and Moravian victims of the holocaust. The names of the victims were written by hand and without templates on the main aisle walls, in the gallery and in the vestibule as the greatest epitaph by painters Jiří John and Václav Boštík. The names are lined alphabetically according to the towns of the last known address. There are about 40,000 people in the main aisle with the last address in Prague. If it was possible to find out family ties, then the victims from one family are next to each other. In 1968, the Memorial was closed due to increased humidity, whereas the inscriptions were damaged and gradually removed. During the 70s and the 80s, a deep insulation of the building’s foundations was carried out, the damaged truss was restored, and the attics depositories were built in. Calligraphic work on restoring the names of the holocaust victims did not start before 1992. The number of victims increased to nearly 80,000, and the search for others still continues. It is not only to remind the holocaust, but also to give human names to victims, who were only marked by numbers at the moment of death. At present, there is an exhibition of children’s drawings from the Terezín concentration camp

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Tom Briggs08-Oct-2020 19:37
Stunning and sad in its simplicity ... very impactful
MarcViskens25-Apr-2017 19:06
nice work José
Julie Oldfield28-Mar-2017 02:44
So sad.....
victorswan26-Mar-2017 21:23
A very sad history, Unfortunately we have those walls too, and hopefully they will the last
great image Jose BV
Ton T.26-Mar-2017 17:32
Most impressive and very topical... V
barbarajoy26-Mar-2017 11:22
Moving!
Juliette26-Mar-2017 10:52
so impressive
Yvonne26-Mar-2017 10:40
Wonderful that the names were used instead of just numbers..
a very sad history. v
danad26-Mar-2017 10:08
I agree with John. V.
John Reynolds LRPS26-Mar-2017 09:59
A fascinating and sad piece of text.
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