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The
new
Jewish
cemetery
in
Olšany
(founded
in
1889)
forms
a
separate
part
of
the
Olšany
cemetery
complex
in
Prague's
Žižkov.
With
an
area
of
101,430
m2
and
the
number
of
tombstones,
it
has
the
primacy
of
the
largest
Jewish
cemetery
in
the
Czech
Republic.
Since
1958,
it
has
been
protected
as
a
cultural
monument
of
the
Czech
Republic.
Since
its
foundation
until
today,
it
has
served
as
Prague's
main
Jewish
cemetery.
There
are
two
ceremonial
halls
in
the
cemetery.
The
original
Neo-Renaissance
hall
stands
on
the
highest
point
of
the
cemetery
at
the
main
entrance
to
the
complex,
designed
by
architects
Bedřich
Münzberger
and
Alfons
Wertmiler,
and
was
built
between
1891
and
1893.
Behind
it
is
the
so-called
house
of
purification
of
the
Beit
Tahara
and
the
morgue
in
the
Classicist
style
(see
photo).
About
25,000
tombstones
and
memorials
and
symbolic
graves
of
Holocaust
victims
have
been
preserved
in
the
cemetery.
In
addition
to
perhaps
the
most
famous
grave
of
the
writer
Franz
Kafka,
we
can
also
find
tombstones
of
the
Waldes,
Petschk,
or
Jiří
Orten
and
Ota
Pavel
families.
The
new
Jewish
cemetery
in
Olšany
(founded
in
1889)
forms
a
separate
part
of
the
Olšanské
cemetery
complex
in
Prague,
Žižkov.
With
an
area
of
101,430
m2
and
the
number
of
tombstones,
it
has
the
primacy
of
the
largest
Jewish
cemetery
in
the
Czech
Republic.
Since
1958
it
has
been
protected
as
a
cultural
monument
of
the
Czech
Republic.
Since
its
founding
until
today
it
serves
as
the
main
Prague
Jewish
cemetery.
There
are
two
ceremonial
halls
in
the
cemetery.
The
original
Neo-Renaissance
Hall
stands
at
the
highest
point
of
the
cemetery
at
the
main
entrance,
designed
by
architects
Bedrich
Münzberger
and
Alfonse
Wertmler,
and
built
between
1891
and
1893.
Behind
it
is
a
so-called
house
of
purgatory
and
a
morgue
in
classicist
style
(see
photo).
About
25,000
tombstones
and
memorials
and
symbolic
graves
of
Holocaust
victims
have
been
preserved
in
the
grounds
of
the
cemetery.
Along
with
the
most
famous
grave
of
the
writer
Franz
Kafka,
you
can
find
the
tombstones
of
the
Waldes,
Petschka´s
families,
or
Jiří
Orten
and
Ota
Pavel´s
graves.
(Original)
Nový
židovský
hřbitov
na
Olšanech
(byl
založen
v
roce
1889)
tvoří
samostatnou
část
komplexu
Olšanských
hřbitovů
v
Praze
na
Žižkově.
S
plochou
101
430
m2
a
počtem
náhrobků
má
primát
největšího
židovského
hřbitova
v
České
republice.
Od
roku
1958
je
chráněn
jako
kulturní
památka
České
republiky.
Od
svého
založení
až
dodnes
slouží
jako
hlavní
pražský
židovský
hřbitov.
Na
hřbitově
se
nacházejí
dvě
obřadní
síně.
Původní
novorenesanční
síň
stojí
na
nejvyšším
místě
hřbitova
při
hlavním
vstupu
do
areálu
podle
návrhu
architektů
Bedřicha
Münzbergera
a
Alfonse
Wertmilera,
a
byla
postavena
v
letech
1891–1893.
Za
ní
se
nachází
takzvaný
dům
očisty
bejt
tahara
a
márnice
v
klasicistním
stylu
(viz
foto).
V
areálu
hřbitova
se
dochovalo
asi
25
000
náhrobků
a
památníků
a
symbolických
hrobů
obětí
holokaustu.
Kromě
asi
nejznámějšího
hrobu
spisovatele
Franze
Kafky
tu
najdeme
i
náhrobky
rodin
Waldesů,
Petschků,
či
Jiřího
Ortena
a
Oty
Pavla.
The
new
Jewish
cemetery
in
Olšany
(founded
in
1889)
forms
a
separate
part
of
the
Olšanské
cemetery
complex
in
Prague,
Žižkov.
With
an
area
of
101,430
m2
and
the
number
of
tombstones,
it
has
the
primacy
of
the
largest
Jewish
cemetery
in
the
Czech
Republic.
Since
1958
it
has
been
protected
as
a
cultural
monument
of
the
Czech
Republic.
Since
its
founding
until
today
it
serves
as
the
main
Prague
Jewish
cemetery.
There
are
two
ceremonial
halls
in
the
cemetery.
The
original
Neo-Renaissance
Hall
stands
at
the
highest
point
of
the
cemetery
at
the
main
entrance,
designed
by
architects
Bedrich
Münzberger
and
Alfonse
Wertmler,
and
built
between
1891
and
1893.
Behind
it
is
a
so-called
house
of
purgatory
and
a
morgue
in
classicist
style
(see
photo).
About
25,000
tombstones
and
memorials
and
symbolic
graves
of
Holocaust
victims
have
been
preserved
in
the
grounds
of
the
cemetery.
Along
with
the
most
famous
grave
of
the
writer
Franz
Kafka,
you
can
find
the
tombstones
of
the
Waldes,
Petschka´s
families,
or
Jiří
Orten
and
Ota
Pavel´s
graves.
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