Since the Middle Ages, the city on the Vltava was among the most important centers of Jewish life in Central Europe. In the 19th century, the Jewish population of Prague increased considerably through the influx from rural areas of Bohemia, and underwent a process of acculturation. Beginning in the 1870s, the Jews of Prague found themselves increasingly confronted…
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Friedländer, Saul and Hofmann, Stefan, “Prague”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 01 October 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0701>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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