Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov
Old Jewish Cemetery
with Ceremonial Hall in the background
The oldest grave in the cemetery is that
of a rabbi, poet and physician named Avigdor Kara, who died in
1439. His original tombstone was recently replaced by a replica
(Not shown). Kara was one of the few survivors of a pogrom at
Easter time in 1389 when approximately 3,000 Jews, almost the
entire Jewish population in Prague, were killed by the Christians
living in the city, after local Catholic priests accused the
Jews of desecrating the Host used in the sacrament of Holy Communion.
The view in the picture above is looking
toward the exit which is right by the Ceremonial Hall, shown
in the background in the center of the photograph. On the right
in the background is the Klausen Synagogue.
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