The Pinkas Synagogue which was the first that pakdokter visited has been converted into a memorial of all those who perished in camps during the Second World War. The walls of the synagogue bear the names of all the 80,000 Jews who died during the war in Prague and in the camps. In another chamber was an exhibition of art and paintings done by the children during the times when they were isolated at the Terrazin Ghetto before finally being transferred to the camps where almost all of them perished.
Just outside of the Pinkas Synagogue, is the Jewish Cemetery. This is the only part of the tour where picture taking was allowed. No pictures were allowed inside all of the synagogues.
In the second synagouge we visited, one of the halls exhibited the practices and rituals in carrying out the funeral for the dead. Pakdokter could not escape feeling that there are so many similarities practised by Muslims and Jews in this aspect of their faith. And yet they are not able to live together in peace.....
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