Prague - Maisel Synagogue

(Local Name: Maiselova Synagóga) The Maisel Synagogue (Maiselova Synagóga) is named for the Maisel family who had the synagogue built for their own personal place of worship in the 16th Century. Mordechai Maisel, credited with funding reconstruction of the old Jewish ghetto, was a wealthy man and the financier for the Hapsburg King in the 16th Century.

During the Second World War the building was used to store Jewish artifacts, which Hitler planned to use in a "Museum of the Extinct Jewish Race" which he hoped to create. Now part of the Museum of the Jewish Quarter, exhibits explain the history of the Jewish community in Bohemia and Moravia. Displays include Jewish silverware, documents, and Torah mantles