Old cemetery

Leftovers from Prague

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May 16th 2007
Some stuff we did that hasn't made it into the blog...just playing catch up quickly! Went to the old Jewish quarter, and saw Europe's oldest synagogue (the Old New Synagogue) and then the old cemetery. There are thousands of people burried here apparently one on another...it's so old. Went through Pinkas Synangogue as well where the names of people taken during WWII are listed. Sad, and amazin ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more