Zmizelý svět židovské Prahy / Povídky ze Svrabové čtvrti - 2 CDmp3 (Čte Arnošt Goldflam)

This Czech-language MP3 audiobook, narrated by Arnošt Goldflam, brings together František R. Kraus’s original stories about vanished Jewish Prague and its inhabitants. Josefov, or the Jewish Town, is inseparably connected with Prague’s history. In these stories, the interwar journalist and Holocaust survivor returns to the area, vividly reviving not only the district, much of which disappeared during Prague’s redevelopment, but also its varied residents. Each story offers a different view of life in the Jewish Prague of the time, from cafés filled with artists and shelters for the poor to daily toil and evening entertainment. Kraus leads listeners through theatres, sports grounds, dives, the cramped flats of old Josefov, and the broad boulevards of the growing metropolis. His guides include a wide range of figures, from W. A. Mozart to children struggling to survive in poverty. These powerful, personal stories are bound together by the melancholy of a vanished district, but also contain humorous moments from community life and dramatic events connected with Hitler’s rise to power. The stories include encounters with the Old-New Synagogue, the Powder Tower and other places of Prague’s Jewish past.