This is a remarkable ghetto founded in the 17th Century, consisting of more than 30 picturesque Jewish houses built around two squares between which a 1680's shul stands. A murder of a Christian girl, Anezka Hruzova, found near Polna in 1899, triggered a wave of anti-Semitic hysteria in which an innocent local Jew, Leopold Hilsner, was falsely accused and sentenced to life, only to be later victoriously defended in court by a young professor, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, who debunked the centuries-lasting blood libel as a nonsense for all Czechs. He later became the first democratic Czechoslovak president.
INCLUDES:
✓ Transportation (pick up and drop off at a place of your choice)
✓ Professional guide at your disposal in the language of your choice
✓ Admission to the monuments
✓ Bottles of water for each participant
✓ Duration: full day
✓ Distance from Prague: 2.5hr
✓ The price is valid for up to three people
IMPORTANT:
✓ You choose when the tour starts (until 9:00 a.m.)
✓ Door to door transportation.
