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Jewish cemetery of Austerlitz

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Austerlitz

Židovský hřbitov, Slavkov u Brna

Historical description

Austerlitz

Austerlitz, Slavkov u Brna in Czech, is a town most famous for the Napoleonic battle of 1806. The Jewish presence in Moravia is one of the oldest, with a Jewish cemetery dating from the 12th century. Among the illustrious figures from the town is the author of the ... Read more