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POLNA  - THE   SYNAGOGUE<BR>    The ghetto survived also its original triangle basis .
POLNA - THE SYNAGOGUE
The ghetto survived also its original triangle basis .

Unique Jewish historical sights in Trebic (UNESCO) & Polna Towns

Trip # 30 - duration 9 hours

Trebic Town (UNESCO)

One of the oldest and most important centers of Jewish settlements . The Jews settled in this town , that was sitiated along the trade route between Vienna and Prague .
The pictoresque Jewish quarter was anaturally-evolving urban structure , complete with every element typical of a Jewish ghetto .
Squeezed in between the Christian town and the lord´s estate , maximum use of the available space made further evolution of its buildings impossible . You find here both the dark passages and melancholy streets.
There were built two synagogues the Front one and the Rear one , a town hall , rabbinate , school, hospital, poorhouse and a large cemetery outside of town.

The Jewish community reached its maximum population in 1835 , when the Jews made up a quarter of the town´s population . During the Nazi genocide in 1939-1945 280 people were send to the concentration camps and only 10 persons survived.

In the former Jewish quarter today there are 123 numbered houses aside from the synagogues, from the old original hostoric district only five houses have been lost . It is the best preserved original Jewish quarter in Europa . The Jewish ghetto is going to be on the list of the UNESCO protected monuments soon.

Opening hours of the Rare Synagogue ( all the year ) : 10,00 a.m.-12,00 1,00p.m.-5,00 p.m.

The Jewish Cemetery – it is the original medieval Jewish burial ground near the wall of the Benedictine monastery . Burials were evidently discontinued there in 1468 , and at the same time a new cemetery was founded beyond the hill at the edge of town. Today it is one of the biggest cemeteries of its kind in the Central Europa , with the area 11772 sq. metres. It is enclosed by massive walls , contains around 11 thousand graves , and nearly three thousand gravestones , the oldest of which dates from 1625.

Opening hours . 9,00 a.m. – 12,00 2,00 p.m. – 4,00 p.m. It is closed on Saturdays.

Polna town

It is a small old medieval town where survived the Jewish ghetto that was founded in 1681 , but the Jewish settlement existed in the different place of the town much earlier . In the beginning of the 19th century the Jewish population made 12% of the citizens , but after the great fire in 1863 a lot of people left the town . In 1942 98 people were send to the concentration camps and only 5 women survived.

The Jewish quarter makes 32 houses with the sanygogue that survived completely that is a very unique . The synagogue is the most valuable building of ghetto from 1684. It was renovated after the end of the Communist regime and reopened again in the year 2000. The ghetto survived also its original triangle basis . The famous American actress and singer Barbara Streissand planned to make the movie Yentl here.

Trebic town

Opening hours of synagogue : ( only from April till October 8th ): 9,00a.m.–12,00 1,00p.m– 5,30 p.m. ( We can try to book it also in winter – but no guarantee .)

The Jewish Cemetery – is situated 700 m from the city center . It was expanded several times since the 16th century . The cemetery is being kept by the group of independent enthusiastic people from the near towns . In 1994 the reconstruction of the entrance gate was finished , the reconstruction of damaged graves and walls keeps continuing.

The towns Trebic (UNESCO) and Polna are located 2 hours 30 minutes drive , SE from Prague

TREBIC SYNAGOGUE
TREBIC SYNAGOGUE

THE REAR SYNAGOGUE
It was built at the turn of the 16th and the 17th centuries . It was used for services only till WW1 , than it was the storage of the firm Subak and sons and after WW2 of the state company. Fortunately it was not destroyed during the Communist Regime , that is why it could be renovated and opened again in 1997.
Opening hours of the Rare Synagogue ( all the year ) : 10,00 a.m.-12,00 1,00p.m.-5,00 p.m.
THE ROMAN JEWISH NUMBERS ON THE HOUSE IN TREBIC GHETTO
THE ROMAN JEWISH NUMBERS ON THE HOUSE IN TREBIC GHETTO

A psalm - MIZMOR LE-DAVID
This was donated .. the learned in the Torah ... Jehuda Loeb ... may the Lord let him grow to the Torah , to the wedding canopy ( and to good deeds ) . Amen Selah. Psalm 29 forms a part of the liturgy of welcoming the sabbath , kabbalat shabbat , on Friday evening.

THE HOUSES IN TREBIC GHETTO
THE HOUSES IN TREBIC GHETTO

The pictoresque Jewish quarter was anaturally-evolving urban structure , complete with every element typical of a Jewish ghetto .
THE HOUSES IN TREBIC GHETTO
THE HOUSES IN TREBIC GHETTO

Squeezed in between the Christian town and the lord´s estate , maximum use of the available space made further evolution of its buildings impossible . You find here both the dark passages and melancholy streets.

THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY
THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY

The Jewish Cemetery – it is the original medieval Jewish burial ground near the wall of the Benedictine monastery . Burials were evidently discontinued there in 1468 , and at the same time a new cemetery was founded beyond the hill at the edge of town. Today it is one of the biggest cemeteries of its kind in the Central Europa , with the area 11772 sq. metres.
THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY
THE OLD JEWISH CEMETERY

It is enclosed by massive walls , contains around 11 thousand graves , and nearly three thousand gravestones , the oldest of which dates from 1625.
Opening hours . 9,00 a.m. – 12,00 2,00 p.m. – 4,00 p.m. It is closed on Saturdays.

TREBIC STREET IN THE GHETTO
TREBIC STREET IN THE GHETTO

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POLNA JEWISH CEMETERY
POLNA JEWISH CEMETERY

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