Friday the 17th was our last day in Prague. We spent our morning in the Jewish Quarter, Prague’s old ghetto, which has (surprisingly) a number of well-preserved sites, including the “Old New Synagogue”, built in the 13th century and still in use, and the “Spanish Synagogue”, built in the 19th century in the Spanish/Moorish style.

But the most profound experience is in the Pinkas Synagogue, where there is virtually no decoration other than the names of over 70,000 Czech Jews who were removed to Terezin concentration camp. From there most went to the death camps.