Pinkas Synagogue
Pinkas Synagogue, west side
The Pinkas Synagogue (Czech: Pinkasova synagoga) in Prague, Czech Republic was built in about 1535 by Aaron Meshullam Horowitz between his house and the Old Jewish Cemetery. Initially it was a private synagogue of the Horowitz family.[1] Later it was made public and named after Pinkas, rabbi of Prague and grandson of Aaron Horowitz.
Names of the Holocaust victims from Czech lands on the synagogue's inner wall
Currently it is also a memorial of the victims of the Holocaust: its walls are covered with about 77,000 names of perished Bohemian-Moravian Jews. The memorial constitutes part of the Jewish Museum in Prague.[1]
Connected to the synagogue is a collection of the drawings and other items from the children of Terezin concentration camp.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pinkasova synagoga" at the Jewish Museum website