Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Jewish Quarter

Our day started with a return to the castle to visit the palace, an impressive building with many original features including a couple of huge tiled stoves, reminiscent of ones we had seen in Sweden. We returned over a bridge to the Jewish Quarter. Only a few of the buildings survive and the synagogues have been turned into museums of Jewish life, religious artefacts and in one case as a memorial to the many Jewish people of all ages who were transported to the camps at Terrizon beyond and never returned after the war. Particularly poignant were drawings by the children in  Terrizon who were encouraged by artists, poets and others in the camp to continue their education and express their feelings about being moved from their homes in Prague. Many of the children died in Auchwitz in 1944.

We explored more of the back streets then went out for a meal to a local restaurant. The artwork on the walls seemed familiar then it dawned on us that they had bought a job lot of Vetriannos. In keeping with the Scottish theme Emil Sande was playing on the radio. Tom tried one of the local specialities which included three types of meat and various dumplings though not as we know them. 

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