The Jewish Museum in Prague extends throughout the Jewish Quarter of the Czech capital.

Six sites make up the museum, including four synagogues, a 15th-century cemetery and a hall, marking the remarkable survival of these buildings despite the onslaught of the Nazis during the second world war, who destroyed so many historic Jewish buildings throughout Europe.

Three of the synagogues date from the 16th century. In the Maisel Synagogue, which was built in 1592, visitors can see an exhibition about the history of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia from the tenth century until the 18th century.

The Pinkas Synagogue, which dates from 1535, is a memorial to the Jews from the Bohemia and Moravia who suffered at the hands of the Nazis and has 80,000 names and information of those murdered inscribed on its walls.

An exhibition on Jewish Customs and Traditions can be seen at the Klaus Synagogue and continued at the Ceremonial Hall and the stunning 19th-century Spanish Synagogue houses an exhibition about Jews in the area from the 18th century until the modern day.

Before the second world war, over 100,000 Jews lived in Bohemia and Moravia. By the end of the 20th century there were only 6,000 left in the Czech Republic.