In 1967, another important representative of the Jewish community in Český Těšín, Hugo Magram, passed away. In the same year, after the so-called Six-Day War in the Middle East and the subsequent wave of communist anti-Jewish propaganda in Poland and Czechoslovakia, the synagogue building was sold to the Polish Cultural Association, which adapted it to its own purposes in 1978.
In 1994, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the building in memory of the former Jewish religious community in Český Těšín, but it was soon stolen and is not to be found on the site anymore.
Today, several descendants of Jewish families from Český Těšín and its surroundings belong to the Jewish community in Ostrava, while some prefer to hide their Jewish roots.
Why do you think someone might prefer to hide their Jewish ancestral roots?