Jewish Symmetry – Prague
It was surprisingly small and until 1787 this was the only place that Jews could be buried in Prague and there an estimated hundred thousand bodies (twelve layers deep) and twelve thousand gravestones here. There is no order to the gravestones at all and they appeared untidy and arbitrary like a mouthful of rotten old teeth pointing randomly in every decrepit direction.
Have Bag, Will Travel 
I’ve never seen a cemetery with so many headstones. It is certainly a strange and unsettling image. Did you enjoy the rest of Prague?
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I liked Prague but I preferred Budapest. What about you?
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I wish I could answer that question! I would love to visit both but have never been. I have a niece living near Prague right now on a high school exchange project. It would be nice to visit her but I think they like for the kids to be on their own for the year…
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It is a very crowded cemetery. The headstones are now work of art.
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What a sorry mess. Twelve deep? Wow. Still, it’s sad.
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In Europe people have always been nasty to the Jews!
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Yes, I’ve heard of that. *shakes head*
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It was quite interesting reading post filled with some funny incidents 🙂
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Thank you, I appreciate the comment.
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Jewish symmetry – bwaaaahhhh! I hope that was intended as a pun, or I’ve just embarrassed myself. 😉
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A pun of course!
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