After a bit of walking and our visit to the Old-New Synagogue we are finally back at the entrance to the Pinkas Synagogue as well as the Old Jewish Cemetery. Initially we entered the Cemetery because we assumed we can enter the synagogue afterwards but the cemetery was one way only and then we followed that with two other synagogues on the way before returning back to the entrance. There is a line now to buy tickets but with our combo ticket we can luckily jump the line to enter the synagogue.
It is a good sized synagogue and we first examine the architectural details before focusing on the centerpiece of this former synagogue, the walls.
And the walls are the centerpiece because they covered in names, thousands and thousands of them. Each one of them is a Czech Jew killed by the Nazi, it is almost impossible to imagine all these people killed in a period of a few years just because of the nationality. On one wall there are also the names of all the concentration camps where the Jews from Czechia were sent to be killed, really sad.
It is difficult to show the amount of names, even from a balcony we can capture only three of the walls covered in names. There is also a small exhibit with objects from the Jews sent to the concentration camps with a focus on children…
There is also an exhibit outside showing the path the Jews were taking to the concentration camps and how they were moved around until finally reaching the concentration camp.
Exiting Pinkas Synagogue we have one more synagogue to visit on our ticket, and what we assume is the most beautiful one, the Spanish Synagogue. It is a bit away from the rest of the attractions in the Jewish Quarter so we have some time to explore the streets and the beautiful buildings on the way.
On the way we see also people being carried by carriages, something that takes us back in time and makes the area feel even more like something from centuries back. And then we are at the Spanish Synagogue, can it really be as beautiful as the guidebooks make it out to be?
