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Ancient Jewish cemetery of Roudnice
Farského 440, 413 01 Roudnice nad Labem
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Jewish cemetery of Plzen
Rokycanská 340/104, 312 00 Plzeň 4-Doubravka The Jewish Community of Plzen (zoplzen.cz)
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Ancient Jewish cemetery of Plzen
Lidická 474/6, 301 00 Plzeň 1 The Jewish Community of Plzen (zoplzen.cz)
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Jewish cemetery of Kolin
Sluneční 106, 280 02 Kolín-Kolín II
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Synagogue of Klatovy
Synagoga Klatovy, Plzenska, Klatovy III Synagogue-Klatovy (webnode.cz)
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Synagogue of Kasejovice
Kasejovice 307, Kasejovice Město Kasejovice
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Jewish cemetery of Golcuv Jenikov
Komenského 582 82, 582 82 Golčův Jeníkov, Tchéquie
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Synagogue of Golcuv Jenikov
Pod Vyšehradem 768, 582 82 Golčův Jeníkov Město Golčův Jeníkov – Oficiální stránky města Golčův Jeníkov (golcuv-jenikov.cz)
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Jewish cemetery of Drevikov
Židovský hřbitov Dřevíkov, 01842, Matějov-Hlinsko v Čechách 1 Obec Vysočina (obecvysocina.cz)
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Synagogue of Caslav
Masarykova 111, 286 01 Čáslav-Nové Město
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Jewish cemetery of Breznice
U židovského hřbitova, 262 72 Březnice
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Alytus
Alytus is a town on the river Nemunas, crossed by the main roads linking the country’s major cities. Today, there are few traces left of Jewish life in Alytus. The , built with yellow and red bricks, dates from 1911. The choice of bricks, which differ from the country’s wooden synagogues, was made following a fire that destroyed the town’s wooden synagogue some time earlier. ...
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Joniskis
The town of Joniskis is quite old, dating back to the 16th century. The Jewish presence in Joniskis dates back to the 18th century. They lived mainly around the main synagogues. Before the Shoah, the town’s Jewish population represented almost half of its inhabitants. The vast majority were massacred, as in the rest of the country. There are no Jews left in Joniskis today, but the small ...
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Kedainiai
The town of Kedainiai dates back to the 14th century, making it one of the oldest in the country. Under the Kishkis family, who ruled the town from 1490, Jewish merchants were invited to settle. The city became a Calvinist centre in the mid-16th century, and Jews were granted civil rights and freedom of worship. They worked in a wide range of sectors, reflecting this successful integration: ...
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Pakruojis
The town of Pakruojis is situated on the river Kruoja and was founded in the 15th century. The wooden synagogue dating from 1801 is probably the oldest of its kind in the country. Between the wars, the building was used as both a synagogue and a primary school. The Jewish population was massacred during the Holocaust. After the war, the building was converted into a cinema and then abandoned. ...
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Urla
Urla is located 35 kilometres from Izmir. It is assumed that the town’s Jewish community originated on the Aegean islands of Mora and Izmir. In 1840, Urla’s Jewish community numbered 40 families, rising to 90 by 1900. At the end of the Turkish War of Independence, the Greeks, forced to leave Urla, set fire to the town, thus displacing the majority of the Jews. The community ...
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Turgutlu
Strategically located on the trade route between Sardis and Izmir, Turgutlu was home to a large Jewish community. Gravestones with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to 1391 have been found here. In the 19th century, there were three synagogues in Turgutlu. They were destroyed in the fire that ravaged the town in 1922. The synagogue that can be seen today dates from 1939, but is unoccupied due ...
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Priene
Compared with other cities, Priene was a modest town whose economic growth was always hindered by Miletus. During excavations carried out between 1895 and 1898, German archaeologists discovered the town’s synagogue (originally mistakenly described as a church). The wall faces Jerusalem and features a niche for the Torah and a marble basin. Three engravings depict citron, menorot and ...
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Tire
Tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions dating back to 1271 have been found in Tire’s old Jewish cemetery. The town’s hamam, which dates back to the 16th century, also houses a mikveh that was certainly built at the same time. The Jewish quarter and its three synagogues burnt down in 1917. Only the Kahal Shalom synagogue was rebuilt. It is no longer used as a place of worship and its ...
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Sardis
In Hellenistic times, Sardis was home to one of the largest synagogues in the world. It was discovered by American archaeologists in 1960. It was completely destroyed by an earthquake in 17 AD.
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Pergamon (Bergama)
Pergamon is one of the thirty districts of the province of Izmir. The city lies 93 kilometres north of Izmir. What is now known as Bergama was built on the remains of the ancient city of Pergamon. A Jewish community is known to have lived in Elaea, which was the port of Pergamum in Roman times and, from the second century BC, in the city centre itself. In Ottoman times, the Jewish residential ...
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Miletus
Inscriptions found in the give some indication of a Jewish presence. Dating from the 2nd or 3rd century AD, these engravings read “the place of the monotheistic Jews” or “the place of the blue Jews”. Blue and green were the colours of the chariot racing teams. Belonging to these teams was a great privilege and proved that the community was well integrated into the city.
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Manisa
Manisa is 125 kilometres from Izmir. On the wall of a house in the Ayvazpasa district, you can read the following inscription: “Starton, the son of the Jew Tyrannos had this tomb built for his wife, his children and himself”. This tombstone dates from the Roman period, between the 2nd and 4th centuries. From that time until the Ottoman period, there was no evidence of a Jewish ...
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Ephesus
Located within the boundaries of the Selçuk district, Ephesus was one of the most important cities in Ionia during the Roman Empire and the Classical period. The ancient city is famous for the remains that have been found there: the Cathedral of Mary, the Church of St John, the Celsius Library, the Temple of Artemis, etc. During the Roman era, Ephesus had a large Jewish population, and was ...
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Aphrodisias
During archaeological excavations in Aphrodisias, an ancient city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, numerous inscriptions referring to a Jewish community were discovered. On three marble slabs, representations of menorot, citron trees, palm branches and shofarim were found. In the covered theatre of the Odeion, on one of the bleachers, is engraved “The place of the ancient ...
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Akhisar
A Jewish community existed in Akhisar during the Hellenistic period. In 1904, the town still had 75 families and a synagogue, of which nothing remains today. After liberation from Greek occupation in 1922, most of Akhisar’s Jews emigrated to Izmir. The is to the south of the town, next to the Resat Bey cemetery. There are around one hundred graves here. An agricultural colony, dating ...
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Baza
The Jewish community of Baza dates back to the 11th century. The inhabitants of the judería were few in number but prospered thanks to the silk trade. A has been discovered here, and is an excellent example of 11th-century Arabic architecture. Nothing remains of the old Jewish quarter, which spread out around the mikveh in Place de Santiago.
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Markowa
In the second quarter of 1942, the Germans began liquidating the Polish ghettos. According to the process put in place by the Occupier, the Jews of the village of Markowa, near Lancut, and those of the surrounding villages, were first sent to the Pelkiny camp, then to the Belzec death camp. Anticipating the worst in the face of this growing terror, many Jews went into hiding. The Germans ...
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Seduva
Seduva is a town formerly known for its agricultural production. The Jewish presence in Seduva appears to be quite ancient, dating back at least to the 15th century. At the end of the 18th century, there were around 500 Jewish families. A hundred years later, they made up 56% of the total population. This number declined in the early 20th century. The town had a yeshiva and a Jewish school. ...
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