On the morning of 15 March 1939, the Second Republic (Czechoslovakia) was occupied by Nazi Germany and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was established. To celebrate this event, on the very first night, from 15 to 16 March, local admirers of Hitler set fire to the Olomouc synagogue. Similar arson attacks by Czech fascists, intended as a welcome to the ideologically aligned occupying power, were planned in other cities, including Prague.
Surviving unique photographs show firefighters trying to put out the blaze. Try to walk the same route around the synagogue that the photographer probably took.
Probably the first photograph in the sequence showing the early morning firefighters' response, with the rabbi's house on the right.
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