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Even though a small country, Hungary has a tremendous wealth of Jewish heritage sites. Land-based Jewish heritage tours include visiting many of Budapest s synagogues, including the Neolog Dohány Street Synagogue, which is the second largest synagogue in the world. In 1944 the garden of the Dohány Street Synagogue was used as a cemetery where thousands of victims were laid to rest, called the Martyr s Cemetery. Also visit the Hungarian Jewish Museum, which was built in 1932, in the same style as the Great Synagogue, to harmonise with its environment. hotels near detroit metro airport It has a rich collection of artwork and ritual objects, all of which were hidden in the basement of the National Museum during the war. You will also see the Holocaust Memorial, the Kozma Street Cemetery, hotels near detroit metro airport the Carl Lutz Memorial and the Danube-side Holocaust Monument during your stay in Budapest.
Prague is another city where travelers with an interest in Jewish heritage and culture may wish to visit.  We suggest a walking tour of the city, hosted by an English-speaking local guide. A typical tour begins in Old Town, with its cobbled streets, and the Jewish Quarter, birthplace of Franz Kafka. Visit the Jewish Museum which houses the largest collection of Judaica in Europe, the Old New Synagogue and the Jewish Cemetery. You may also enjoy a walk across the 14th century Charles Bridge.
Just outside of Prague is the town of Terezin. Terezin hotels near detroit metro airport is where the former Nazi Theresienstadt Concentration Camp is located. Here you will see the camp, a prison for 150,000 Jews during World War II, as the Nazi s left it in 1944. See the Lesser Fortress with its tiny cells that served as the prison of the Prague Gestapo, and the Ghetto Museum whose exhibitions detail the town s tragic hotels near detroit metro airport story.