| Sedlec-Prčice | |||
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Central Bohemian | ||
| District | Příbram | ||
| Commune | Sedlčany | ||
| Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) | ||
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| Area | 64.11 km2 (24.75 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 2,819 (2006) | ||
| Density | 44 / km2 (114 / sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 11th century | ||
| Mayor | Marie Kovalová | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 257 91 | ||
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Location in the Czech Republic
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| Wikimedia Commons: Sedlec-Prčice | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
Sedlec-Prčice is a town in the Czech Republic. The town is sixty kilometers south of Prague.
There is an old synagogue on the town square that now hosts a small factory that makes sporting equipment.[1] Not so much as a commemorative plaque attests to the building's past. A careful check of the doorjambs of the synagogue and houses around it might turn up an overlooked mezuzah or, at least, the nail holes.
Located in a field somewhere beyond the town is the old Jewish cemetery, founded in 1867.[1]. There are still said to be a small number of gravestones hidden in the overgrowth. The cemetery is owned by the local Jewish community.[2]
With all the Jews gone, a centuries-old interdependent community slowly built up and enriched by diverse connections, perspectives and a wholeness and continuity between the physical and the spiritual is gone along with them. That was destroyed one September morning in 1942 when eight families, twenty-six Jews, were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.