Czech cities to read out victims' names for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tomorrow marks exactly 80 years since the start of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Today, Czech cities will unite in remembering Jews killed in the Holocaust.
Czech museums return Nazi-looted art to Jewish owner's descendants
A Jewish businessman from Brno gave four paintings to the National Gallery Prague in an effort to be allowed to emigrate during World War II.
Prague's Jewish legacy defies gentrification: The making of today's Josefov quarter
A law passed in February 1893 that set the stage for the demolition of the former Jewish ghetto also drew awareness to the need for preservation.
Czechia honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day with illuminations and dance
Today marks the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where tens of thousands died during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
Prague marks the first day of Hanukkah with Menorah-lighting ceremonies
Two venues in the Czech capital will light candles to honor the first day of the Jewish Festival of Lights on Dec. 18.
Tombstone fragments from Prague’s Wenceslas Square turned into a memorial
The monument at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov was made by sculptor Jaroslav Rona and his wife Lucie of of 6,000 cobblestones.
Prague's Old-New Synagogue to light up for International Holocaust Remembrance Day
A new map app sharing stories of 30,000 Holocaust victims from the Czech capital has also been released to mark the occasion.
Czech tennis great slams Australian Open China stance as "cowardly"
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Latkes and a giant menorah: Jewish communities around the Czech Republic celebrate Hanukkah
The start of the eight-day Jewish holiday coincided with the end of commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the first Terezín deportation.
