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Puglia

Italy

Thanks to its geographic position and the presence of Brindisi, Otranto, Bari, Trani and Barletta ports, Apulia has been a transit point for many Jewish exiles -most heading to Israel. This ...

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Rakovnik

Czech RepublicBohemia

Rakovnik is located between Prague and Plzen; 32 miles west of Prague, and 30 miles northeast of Plzen. Jews are on record as living in Rakovnik since 1441. Between 1618 and 1621, three Jewish ...

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Synagogue of Rakovnik

Vysoká 232, 269 01 Rakovník Tel: +420 313 511 549 Město Rakovník – Oficiální stránka města Rakovník (mesto-rakovnik.cz)

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Hermanuv Mestec

Czech RepublicBohemia

Hermanuv Mestec is located in Bohemia, 56 miles south from Prague. The Jews began settling there in the fifteenth century, and the community reached its peak in the nineteenth century. The ...

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Synagogue of Hermanuv Mestec

Havlíčkova, 538 03 Heřmanův Městec Tel: +420 777 797 141 Město Heřmanův Městec – Oficiální stránky města Heřmanův Městec (hermanuv-mestec.cz)

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Breclav

Czech RepublicMoravia

The Jewish presence in Breclav dates to the sixteenth century. The ghetto, constructed in the seventeenth century, can still be visited. The neo-Roman style synagogue was built in 1888. Closed by ...

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Synagogue of Breclav

U Tržiště, 690 02 Břeclav Tel: +420 731 428 260 Městské muzeum a galerie Břeclav – Muzeum, Synagoga, Zámeček Pohansko, Lichtenštejnský dům (muzeumbv.cz)

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Holesov

Czech RepublicMoravia

The presence of a Jewish settlement in Holešov dates back to at least the 16th century. Holešov hosted one of the most important Jewish communities in Moravia, a centre of culture and education. ...

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Lomnice

Czech RepublicMoravia

Jews began settling in Lomnice in 1656. The eighteenth-century ghetto is composed of a square where one can still see the rabbi house and yeshiva. The baroque-style was built in 1870 in the ...

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Dolni Kounice

Czech RepublicMoravia

Dolni Kounice is a small town of Moravia located 115 miles south of Prague. Jews began settling there in the Fifteenth century and part of the ghetto has been preserved. The Renaissance-style was ...

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Synagogue of Dolni Kounice

U Synagogy 332, 664 64 Dolní Kounice Tel: +420 513 030 427 Synagoga: Dolní Kounice (dolnikounice.cz)

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Polná

Czech RepublicBohemia

Polná is located in Bohemia, about 70 miles south-west of Prague. Jews started settling in Polná in the fifteenth century. The ghetto was created in the seventeenth century, some houses can still ...

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Synagogue of Polná

Karlovo nám. 541, 588 13 Polná Tel: +420 732 839 726 Musée juif régional – Synagogue et maison du rabbin : Polná (mesto-polna.cz)

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Hartmanice

Czech RepublicBohemia

Hartmanice is located South-West of Bohemia, in a mountainous region close to the Austrian border. The , also called “Mountain Synagogue” was built in 1881 to welcome the growing ...

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Synagogue of Oslo

Bergstien 13, 0172 Oslo Tel : +47 23 20 57 50 Welcome to the Jewish Community of Oslo (dmt.oslo.no)

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Synagogue of Göteborg

Östra Larmgatan 12, 411 07 Göteborg Tel: +46 31 10 94 00 judiskaforsamlingen.se

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Synagogue of Malmö

Rörsjöstaden, Malmö Tel : +46 40 611 84 60 Judiska Församlingen Malmö (jfm.se)