{"id":140,"date":"2020-12-08T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T09:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/?page_id=140"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T08:11:08","slug":"czech-republic-prague-josefov-cemetery-01","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/czech-republic-prague-josefov-cemetery-01\/","title":{"rendered":"czech republic\/prague\/josefov\/cemetery 01"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"140\" class=\"elementor elementor-140\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a43df97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a43df97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-90c1887\" data-id=\"90c1887\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e2e157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e2e157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55bfb69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55bfb69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tombstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d32eda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d32eda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-contents\">\n<p>One of the most impressive sights in Prague is the Old Jewish cemetery in Josefov, the former Jewish ghetto. This cemetery was used from 1439 to 1787 and it is the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in Europe. The Nazis made it a policy to destroy Jewish cemeteries, sometimes using the tombstones for target practice, but Hitler ordered that this cemetery be left intact, since he was planning to build a Jewish museum in Prague after all the Jews in Europe had been exterminated according to his diabolical plan.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are more than 100,000 Jews buried in this small plot, the graves being layered 12 deep in some places. This is not unusual for European cemeteries where space is at a premium. In Germany where the graves are also 12 layers deep, the tombstones mark only the top layer of the buried coffins. In the Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov, there are around 12,000 tombstones, crowded closely together with almost no grass between them. Some of the tombstones look like beds, like the one on the left in the photograph below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50a7321 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50a7321\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cemetery.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-413\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cemetery.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.scrapbookpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cemetery-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c610d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c610d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Some of the tombstones in the Old Cemetery look like beds<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Jewish Cemetery in Josefov Tombstones in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague One of the most impressive sights in Prague is the Old Jewish cemetery in Josefov, the former Jewish ghetto. This cemetery was used from 1439 to 1787 and it is the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in Europe. 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