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Anna Hyndráková
Anna Hyndráková (née Kovanicová; 25 March 1928 – 20 February 2022) was a Czech holocaust survivor and historian. She worked at the Jewish Museum in Prague. During World War II, she survived both forced labour and concentration camps including the Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Christianstadt, Niesky and Görlitz. Hyndráková is notable for her work on the educational films ''Butterflies Do Not Live Here'' (1958) and ''On Shoes, Braid and Dummy'' (1961), as well as her contributions in collecting stories from Holocaust survivors and advising on the curation of collections for the Jewish Museum in Prague. Life Early life Anna Hyndráková grew up in Prague along with her parents and her sister. Her parents were both Jewish, her mother spoke Czech and German as did her father who also spoke Russian from his time as a POW in Russia during the World War I. Hyndráková's father worked as a salesman selling perfumes while her mother was a stay-at-home mom. Hyndráková's parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talmud-Torah School (Prague)
The Talmud-Torah School (German: ''Talmud-Thora Schule'') was a Jews, Jewish Religion, religious school in Josefov district in Prague, which operated between 1908 and 1942. History Talmud-Torah School (1908–1920) The school was run by the Jewish Community of Prague. The director was the Chief Rabbi of Prague, who was directly appointed by the Jewish Community of Prague. Since 1905 the director of the school was Rabbi Henrik Bródy, Haim Brody, who also lived in the school building. In 1925 he was succeeded by Rabbi Shimon Adler. Among the school's graduates were Hebrew scholar Otto Muneles or writer František R. Kraus. Kraus recorded his memories of the school in one of his books: School for Religious Education (1920–1942) From the year 1920 the school was transformed to a religious elementary school - the new name of the school was "School for Religious Education". Max Brod was a guest speaker at the opening ceremony. Franz Kafka's sister Valli Kafka, Valli Pollak beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
