Jewish Prague

A café with hundreds of newspapers from around the world to read

Photographs of the café itself are rare, let alone of its smoking, billiard and private lounges, named after their colours. This pre-war photograph of the interior is preserved in the Aschermann family archive.

The founder of the Central and Aschermann cafés, Otto Aschermann, moved to Palestine in 1937 and opened a new Aschermann café in Tel Aviv, on Allenby Street. The Prague café was taken over by a new owner, Armin Radó, and continued to operate in its original style and quality.


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