The Pinkas Synagogue is the second oldest synagogue in Prague, built in 1535 in the late Gothic style by Aron Mešulam Horovic, a prominent member of the Jewish community. The synagogue is likely named after his grandson, Rabbi Pinkas Horovice. It served as a private family prayer house, and a ritual bath (mikveh) was established nearby. The building was restored to its original form between 1950 and 1954.

Visitors to the synagogue can view the poignant memorial dedicated to the 80,000 Czech and Moravian Jews who fell victim to the Holocaust.

You will encounter three exhibitions in the Pinkas Synagogue:

• Children’s Drawings from Terezín (Theresienstadt), a concentration camp.
• Paths of No Return: Deportation of Jews from Czechoslovakia between 1939 and 1945.
• Faces of the Shoah (Holocaust): In the evenings, faces of the victims are projected onto the walls of the synagogue.