Eva Janáčová – Lukáš Svoboda
The scholarly publication Karlsbad Idyll? Jews in West Bohemian Spas is devoted to the mutual relationships between Jews – mainly Jewish spa guests – and the majority society in Karlsbad, Mariensbad and Franzensbad. The subject explores the period from the first documented records of Jewish visitors to these spas in the early 17th century to the autumn of 1938, when the Nazi occupation of the borderlands and the Kristallnacht took place. Before World War II the West Bohemian spa resorts were regarded as the most luxurious health centres of Central Europe. The majority society often perceived them as romantic and idyllic places even though the reality was quite different. Hidden behind the luxury and sumptuous splendour of the spa towns was not only the everyday life and work of the local inhabitants but also various forms of antisemitism. The book is published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition held in the Karlovy Vary Museum.
First edition in Czech, 160 pages, colour images, Artefactum 2024
ISBN 978-80-88283-98-0
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