Ruth Weiniger
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nal resting place within the existing graveyard. The second reason could be quite tense relations between the Jewish Community in Hradec Králové and the political representation of the city. As we can observe through the records about the foundation, administration, modernization and the enlargement of the graveyard, the members of the Jewish Community have been in disgrace with the municipality representatives in Pouchov. In April 1929, only several months before the Jewish Community started to pursue the idea of the foundation of the columbarium, the Priest Ambrose’s Congregation Church has been finished and opened. The Czechoslovak Church, on the other hand, has been very popular and has been favoured by the national-democratic municipality in Hradec Králové and the Congregation Church opening caught the attention of the local and national media. It was its new puristic chapel with columbarium that helped to establish Hradec Králové as a modern Eastern Bohemia city in the sight of the general public. That example from rivalry Church, along with the general enthusiasm for cremation and long-term reformative course among the Jewish Community, affected the decision of the representatives of the Community and thus the columbarium has been additionally added.
nal resting place within the existing graveyard. The second reason could be quite tense relations between the Jewish Community in Hradec Králové and the political representation of the city. As we can observe through the records about the foundation, administration, modernization and the enlargement of the graveyard, the members of the Jewish Community have been in disgrace with the municipality representatives in Pouchov. In April 1929, only several months before the Jewish Community started to pursue the idea of the foundation of the columbarium, the Priest Ambrose’s Congregation Church has been finished and opened. The Czechoslovak Church, on the other hand, has been very popular and has been favoured by the national-democratic municipality in Hradec Králové and the Congregation Church opening caught the attention of the local and national media. It was its new puristic chapel with columbarium that helped to establish Hradec Králové as a modern Eastern Bohemia city in the sight of the general public. That example from rivalry Church, along with the general enthusiasm for cremation and long-term reformative course among the Jewish Community, affected the decision of the representatives of the Community and thus the columbarium has been additionally added.