Jewish Museum Collections

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Brno, exterior of the Great Synagogue

1942 Photo/JMP

Snímek z válečného fotoarchivu (1942-1944), skleněná deska a kopie na černobílém negativu.

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Daily bulletin of the Jewish self-administration no. 8, May...

1944 Document/JMP

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Fredy Hirsch

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Židovský pedagog, sportovec, sionista S Egonem Redlichem (1916–1944) vedli oddělení Jugendfürsorge/Péče o mládež v rámci židovské samosprávy ghetta Terezín

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Studio photograph of Judyta and Matylda Rose

1939 Photo/JMP

Studio photograph of Judyta and Matylda Rose, the daughters of Rachel Rose, born Goldberg.

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Margaret Fisch

1900s Photo/JMP

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Rychnov nad Kněžnou, synagogue interior

1942 Photo/JMP

Chanuková menora. Snímek z válečného fotoarchivu (1942-1944), skleněná deska a kopie na černobílém negativu.

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František Kronberger na závodě

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Labour deployment in Terezín – workers’ conditions,...

1943 Document/JMP

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V synagoze na půdě
Co je to geniza?
Geniza je zvyk odkládání předmětů, které již neplní svou roli v náboženském životě...
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Souvenirs from the Sea
The collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague also contains a small and rather curious group of objects in the form of sea...
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Left-handed Torah pointers
The Torah, which contains the Five Books of Moses, is the central concept of the Jewish religion. In its physical form, it is a...
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Dragons and Cornucopias – Tomáš...
The Torah is a central feature of the Jewish religion. In its physical form, it is a parchment scroll containing the Five Books...
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The Yahrzeit Is Not a Season
In a small-town shul (synagogue) there’s a dispute about who should daven shacharit (say morning prayers) far’n omed (at...
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Going into Battle with Prayer. The...
During World War II Jews from Czechoslovakia significantly participated in the fight against Nazi Germany. They were entering the...
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"I no longer have to be afraid of...
"I'm glad I've had this opportunity to recall my parents in this way. By remembering them, I think I've prolonged their lives,...
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I regard the parents as the heroes
Zuzana Marešová is one of “Winton's children” who managed to escape Nazi persecution in 1939, thanks to the unprecedented...
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The unKnown
The Photo Archive of the Jewish Museum in Prague contains hundreds of photographs about which very little was known just a few...
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Terezín collection on-line!
During WWII, the ghetto Terezín (Theresienstadt) was one of the major sites of suffering and death for the Jews of the Bohemian...
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“You are now my only hope.” The...
The collection of letters from their family to brothers Oskar, Moses (Max) and Norbert (Bubik, Bertie) who, after the occupation...
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