Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: ghetto

Beblaveho Ulice, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2005

06 Dec 2007 468
This is Beblaveho Ulice, a street in the old Jewish ghetto of Bratislava, which was almost destroyed during the Holocaust, but has just barely managed to hang on to become a tourist attraction.

Einstein Monument, Berlin, Germany, 2007

03 Sep 2007 421
This small memorial is in the old Jewish ghetto in Berlin, on the location where Einstein lived until he had to flee the holocaust. The memorial is all that remains of his house, as the whole area was levelled by Allied bombing.

Staronova Synagoga, Josefov, Prague, CZ, 2005

01 Sep 2007 337
Built in 1270, the Staronova, or Old-New, Synagogue is considered by many people to be the oldest in Europe. It's called the Old-New because an even older synagogue, the Old-Old, predated it, although it was demolished in 1867 to make room for the Spanish Synagogue, which still survives. Behind the Old-New, you can see the Jewish Town Hall, as Josefov, the former Jewish ghetto where this picture was taken was governed seperately during its years as a ghetto.