Key points of the tour: Tomb Chatam Sofer (only on request), Jewish Street, St.Martin Cathedral, Holocaust Memorial, Synagogue (optional)

Bratislava was like in the past also today enjoys popularity thanks to tolerance that reigns here. Therefore it became a refuge for many Jews who were persecuted in other parts of Europe. Although the first Jews were in Slovakia at the beginning of our era, in greater numbers they came here in the Middle Ages and the biggest boom experienced the Jewish community in the 19th century.

Despite the fact that during WW2 and beyond socialism number of sites linking to Bratislava Jewish community greatly reduced, still we have here some. Among the most unique and most visited monuments is the Jewish underground tomb of Chatam Sofer, which perhaps only miraculously survived the construction of a tunnel under the castle rock during WW2. At the time of the rabbi Chatam Sofer the Jewish community in Bratislava as well as local rabbinical school experienced its golden age.

Close to the dominant Cathedral of Saint Martin there is now a memorial to the Holocaust. On this place once stood an impressive Neological Synagogue, which formed one of the landmarks of the Old City. Unfortunately this, like the other buildings of the Jewish Quarter were demolished at the end of the sixties due to the construction of the bridge of the National Uprising ( SNP). An important preserved monument is the Jewish orthodox synagogue in cubist style in Heydukova Street.

Did you know that Bratislava is connected with significant Jewish personalities such as the painter Adolf Frankl, the founder of martial art Krav Maga Imi Lichtenfeld? That in Jerusalem is still located Pressburg Yeshiva? What is a typical Jewish cuisine and why is impossible in kosher Jewish restaurant get coffee with milk? These and many other things you will learn during this thematic tour.