Slovakia #13 Jews in Slovakia 

I love it when my little creation rings a personal bell in somebody else's family tree😉

What can I say... a very common issue all around Central-Eastern Europe. And still so controversial... I kinda assume automatically that people who watch my videos, even if they disagree with something, will comment in a civilized way; but, with this topic... I am sensing a storm soon. I hope You have thick skin, so to speak, as things may get ugly:) In advance, especially anybody who feels like saying that Jews were getting rich on others, blabla - watch "Obchod na Korze", I think it portrays a number of issues very well. Also, in advance - if everything goes well, I will visit other countries in the future and open their closets to look for their hidden skeletons, to put it metaphorically. I don't pick on any particular group. I am not racist - I hate people equally;)

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Micholovce

Glad to hear he escaped! I've visited a number of camps already, but it doesn't get any less horrific...

I dare to disagree and recommend watching the next episode.

@@GoblinExplorerENG No need to, family is Moravian

Very few synagogues are active, the modern Jewish community lives mostly in Bratislava and Kosice, as far as I know...

@@GoblinExplorerENG Yeah right.....remember an amazing synagogue in Budapest too.

in Trnava, there is no active synagogue. There are two synagogue buildings still standing in Trnava and you've seen both of them in the video. The Orthodox one is turned into a caffee you can see 5:28 and the Status Quo Ante one is an art gallery of Jan Koniarek you can see 9:57. Trnava is the administrative centre (capital) of the county also named Trnava and meanwhile there are multiple synagogue buildings still standing in the minor towns of Trnava county outside of the city of Trnava, none of them are being actively used for religious purposes. In total, there are 5 synagogues in Slovakia, that are still being used for Jewish religious purposes. One is in the capial Bratislava, an orthodox one, at the same time, its the only synagogue building still standing in the city. The other one is in the second largest city Košice, also an orthodox one, although apparently used only sporadically for religious purposes - it's also a gallery at the same time; there are 4 synagogue buildings still standing in the city, the other three are used as a cultural center, laboratory and cinema. The other ones are in the minor towns and not in major cities. For example in Bardejov (a town in the county of Prešov) is a Hevra Bikur synagogue; there are 3 synagogue bulildings still in the town, the other two are used as cultural center and a high school. The other one is in Nové Zámky (a town in the county of Nitra), it's an orthodox one, and also the only synagogue building still standing in the town. That's four all together and the fifth one I dont know whether it counts as an active one, is in Žilina, the capital of it's own county, an orthodox one that served religious purposes and I'm not sure if it still does but it serves as a Jewish cultural center. In Žilina, there is also another synagogue building serving other purpose

@@Mrkva22296 Thanks for that🙂 I did a concert in Bratislava some time ago, it was a gorgeous place, visited the Jewish Museum with my brother. 🙂