Sunlight on the gold plated Hebrew text above the Crucifix and Calvary statue on the north side of Karluv Most (Charles Bridge), Old Town, Prague.

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Skyline is Prague Castle with spires of St Vitus Cathedral. The golden Hebrew text on the crucifix was added in 1696 and is a prime example of Medieval European anti-Semitism. In that year, the Prague authorities accused a local Jewish leader, named Elias Backoffen, of blasphemy. As his punishment he was ordered to raise the funds for the purchasing of gold-plated Hebrew letters, placed around the head of the statue, spelling out "Holy, Holy, Holy, the Lord of Hosts," the Kedusha from the Hebrew prayer and originating in the vision from the Book of Isaiah. The inscription was a symbolic humiliation and degradation of Prague Jews. [1] A bronze tablet with explanatory text in Czech, English and Hebrew was mounted under the statue by the City of Prague in 2000. (source wiki)

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Location: Karluv Most (Charles Bridge), Stare Mesto (Old Town), Prague. Czech Republic Czech Republic
Photo credit: © Mike Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
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