Photo: Martina Schneibergová, Radio Prague International
One of the places writer Franz Kafka liked to visit was Třešt’. Indeed before he entered the workforce he regularly visited his uncle in the small Vysočina town in summer.
We begin our journey in Franz Kafka’s footsteps at the former synagogue in Třešt’. Our guide is Romana Št’astná, head of the Department of Culture at the local municipal office. She leads the way through an arcade into a striking white building and we continue up the stairs to the first floor. There we find an exhibition dedicated to Kafka and his family.
The Prague-born German-language writer regularly came to Třešt’ during his studies, between 1900 and 1907. He spent his holidays there with his uncle Siegfried Löwy, who had a medical practice in the town. Dr. Löwy was the youngest brother of Kafka’s mother.
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Author: Martina Schneibergová