
the jewish synagogue with the cemetery which are located in the northern part of the town, evoke a memory of the local jewish community. jews were in strážnice since time immemorial. after the old town had been burnt down jews moved their community behind the new square, to the "jewish street". they brought their tombstones there, the oldest from which originates from 5208 of the Jewish epoch (1448 of our epoch). the jewish town - the ghetto was separated, the main gate was to be closed at night. jews fell within the direct administration of the lord of the domain, they had their own hospital, lower and upper school, synagogue (built in 1750) and bath for purification of Jewish women. jews were mostly butchers and shopkeepers. during the world war II. all the jews of strážnice were deported into fascist prison camp. the synagogue and the cemetery fall within the administration of the jewish community centre in brno. [before ....] going to straznice i found this reference on the official website of straznice.


nach längerem suchen entdecken wir den verfallenen jüdischen friedhof und die 1750 erbaute jüdische synagoge des ortes. am friedhof schwelen überall feuer, die ein alter mann zum verbrennen des unkrauts zwischen den gräbern gelegt hat. der geruch verbrennenden holzes zieht sich bis hinein auf den hauptplatz der stadt. auf einem grabstein der hinweis auf die konzentrationslager tabor und auschwitz. 1930 lebten 194 jüdinnen und juden in straznice. als sauseschritt und e. den

und noch eine makabre begebenheit: dass meine brababuschka in straznice geboren wurde, habe ich dem

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