One of the most impressive sights in Prague is the Old Jewish cemetery. This cemetery was used from 1439 to 1787 and is the oldest existing Jewish cemetery in Europe. The Nazis made it a policy to destroy Jewish cemeteries, sometimes using the tombstones for target practice; however Hitler ordered that this cemetery be left intact, since he was planning to build a Jewish museum in Prague after all the Jews in Europe had been exterminated according to his diabolical plan.

There are more than 100,000 Jews buried in this small lot, the graves being layered 12 layers deep in some places. The tombstones mark only the top layer of the buried coffins.