In the footsteps of Pilsen Jews

Onset of Persecution

One of many orders and prohibitions

After the occupation in March 1939 and the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, laws were passed in the Czech lands displacing persons labeled as Jews to the very edge of society. They were gradually banned from everything, from school education through the exercise of their profession to personal ownership of a number of things: Jews were not allowed to own radios, fur coats, dogs, cats, jewelry, bicycles, skis, they had to wear a yellow star visibly on their clothes, they were allowed to shop only in the afternoon, usually for one hour, they were subject to a curfew, they were not allowed to go to theaters, cinemas, museums, gyms, swimming pools, restaurants and hairdressers.

Jews were thus fundamentally restricted in their ability to move around the city, and were not allowed in parks and other public spaces. This legal process of expulsion from society culminated in the deportation of all persons labeled as Jews to death camps where they were murdered.


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