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When you’re into historical things, I would recommend visiting this part of Prague. To visit the museums etc. you need a ticket which is a bit more expensive, but I think it’s worth it. It’s very fascinating to see, and you get quiet of the things you get to see.

Whilst in Prague we visited the Jewish Quarter which took in several synagogues and the Jewish Cemetery,it was a very moving experience but, also educational,the beautiful interiors of the synagogues all had a story to tell,some joyful but, others told of the history of the Holocaust which was harrowing to listen to and to see the many names on the internal walls and the number of tombstones in the cemetery,we saw people there that couldn't hold back tears, this was a history lesson that god willing shall never be repeated, no matter your beliefs you must visit this area when in Prague.

A very special place to understand the story of Jewish in the country. Better to go with guides.

It’s a nice place to walk and know more about Jewish people

Not the best example of the area, but some pictures anyway

Beautiful part of Prague, very cool street market.

This is not a place that you visit. This is a place that you absorb. Do not rush through the things you see and experience. You will be a better person as a result of what you encounter.

The Cemetery is beautiful, the rest is pretty standard. You have to buy a more comprehensive ticket even if all you want to see is the cemetery.

The Prague Jewish Quarter is so steeped in history, with the oldest operational synagogue, The Old-New Synagogue (Altneu Shul), built at the end of the 13th century (you’ll have to visit yourself to learn why the it’s called the “Old New” Synagogue. There’s also the old Jewish cemetery dating back to that period and in continual use up to the 18th centuries. There are six other historical synagogues to visit in the Jewish Quarter. None of the other Synagogues are operational and are all museums chronicling the centuries old Jewish presence in Prague up until the Holocaust.Personally, to me, as a Jew whose grandparents were European Holocaust survivors who emigrated to the US after no longer being welcomed in Europe after having lived there for centuries), I found the “museum synagogue” concept very disturbing. There were lines and lines of primarily non-Jewish Europeans standing in line and moving from exhibit to exhibit consisting of old Jewish synagogue artifacts. To me, it felt like Europeans were going on tours to see and ancient and extinct specie - The European Jew. They were going to what would be the equivalent to visitors going to the American Museum of Natural History’s dinosaur exhibit where we’re told that “once upon a time dinosaurs roamed the face of the earth.” Except in this case you just replace “dinosaurs” with “Jews” and “the face of the earth” with “Europe.” As a Jew (visibly) of European descent (whose four grandparents were Holocaust survivors), I felt like a dinosaur going to a dinosaur museum. It was an awkward and uncomfortable feeling.

It's just a shadow of what it was decades and centuries ago, but thank goodness that not all has been destroyed.