PINKAS SYNAGOGA (PINKASOVA SYNAGOGA)
An ancient synagogue existed here as early as the 11th century, between the old Jewish cemetery and the Horowitz house. The Pinkas synagogue was founded by Rabbi Pinkas in 1479 and enlarged by Aaron Meshulam Horowitz, a member of his family, in 1535. In the 17th century, a gallery was added for women, quite different from the one seen in the Vieille-Nouvelle synagogue. This one is a balcony, much more spacious and open to the central nave. Successive floods were the main reason for frequent rebuilding. This synagogue is nicknamed "The Monument of 80,000 Victims", and commemorates all Czech and Moravian Jews who died during the Holocaust. The names of 77,297 people (men, women and children) are inscribed on all walls, along with their precise dates of birth and death, compiled from Nazi archives. The names were erased by damp during the Communist period, but the lists were found and the walls re-engraved after independence. On one wall, the names of the concentration camps are written, one below the other. But this is not the most moving testimony. The second floor is devoted to the drawings of the children of Terezín, created between 1942 and 1944. They were painted by the little ones and kept in a suitcase thanks to their teacher. The colors, subjects and dates weigh heavily on the hearts of everyone who has passed through this synagogue.
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