and Prague Jewish Town (all of the Jewish museum plus the Old-New Synagogue), costs, respectively, 600 koruna (about $25) for adults, 400 koruna (about $17) for students younger than 26 and 200 ...

After that humiliation, I was happy to escape to the nearby town of Trebíc: another Czech gem with a wonderful main square. Trebíc also has a compelling historic Jewish district. While Prague ...

The scientist who discovered Alzheimer’s disease died in a Nazi transit camp and was almost forgotten by history.

The recovered voices movement aims to preserve the work of persecuted artists like Viktor Ullmann and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

In the foothills of the Krkonoše Mountains of the Czech Republic, two hikers worked their way across the southwest slopes of ...

Helena Lukas, daughter of Czech photographer Jan Lukas, escaped to the West with her family in the mid-1960s and in NYC they ...

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day will be observed this year from Wednesday evening, April 23, through Thursday, ...

Mr. Trump instructed the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds public broadcasters in the United States, to end ...

Ever heard of Fischer's disease? No? Maybe that is not surprising, because it doesn't exist. But it could have. In fact, the disease we now know as ...

Known as the “Golden City of 100 Spires,” Prague boasts a fairy-tale medieval Old Town, historic churches ... street leads to the poignant Jewish Quarter, with museums, synagogues, and cemeteries.

There were a total of 598 coins, valued at about 7.5 million Czech koruna, or roughly $340,000, according to Radio Prague International ... of the Czech and Jewish populations, then the ...