Max Brod - last place of residence in Prague

Biskupský Dvůr 1147/6: The last Prague residence of the writer, theater and music critic Max Brod. He was deeply connected to Judaism, more so than many of his Prague contemporaries, who were often influenced by secularism (such as Franz Kafka or Franz Werfel). Brod was a staunch Zionist and actively supported the idea of a Jewish state. He was already involved in Zionist circles in the 1920s.

On 14 March 1939, one day before the German Wehrmacht troops marched into the remaining territories of Czechoslovakia, Max Brod fled on the last train from Prague to Palestine. His escape was his reaction to the increasing threat to the Jewish population in Europe.