Friday, August 15, 2008
The Jewish Museum
I finally figured out where the Jewish Museum was, sometimes fairly obvious things are not all t hat clear!
Anyway, it is next to Novi Hram, which is easy to get to from Baščaršija, VERY easy!, but the entrance to smaller museums here can be a puzzle. Sometimes a discreetly semi opened door leading into a courtyard is the only clue! Then a small sign,
You go in, and t here is a wonderful courtyard, and then a small little place where a man who is in charge takes your money, gives you a ticket.
This man speaks very good English, and has the knack of spotting people who might have English as a first language.
The museum is a good overview of the history of Jews in Bosnia-Hercegovina. The community of Jewish people here is in fact older than the arrival of the Sephardic Jews, as Jews where here even in Roman times, maybe not specifically in Sarajevo, but in other places. Still it was a small group even after the arrival of the Sephardic Jews. Few are left here sadly.
The top floor is devoted to the Holocaust. Somehow to see things that belonged to people who perished, and who survived, is very emotional. I don't think you have to be a Jew to react emotionally to it.
The museum has only one problem, I don't do well with stairs sometimes. Stairs where I can see the floor below, or the ground, however well made are hard on me. I had to fight a phobic reaction going up, and a worse one going down! Solid stairs don't bother me quite as much. I am not sure if they have an elevator, if they do it doesn't go to all floors! I wished very much for one! Still if you can do stairs at all, this museum is well worth seeing!
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I remember watching a very interesting documentary about how members of the Jewish community in Sarajevo continued looking after the needy of all communities during the siege. The museum looks an impressive building.
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