Immediately after the occupation of the remaining territories of Czechoslovakia by the Third Reich, the Czech patriot and Jewish manufacturer and art collector Jindřich Waldes was arrested by the Gestapo on September 1, 1939. On September 1, 1939, he was arrested by the Gestapo and forced to hand over part of his art collection to the National Gallery. On September 10, 1939, he was deported to the Dachau concentration camp. On September 26 of the same year, he was transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp.

Metallwarenfabriken Waldes & Co. was founded on July 1, 1902 by Hynek Puc and Jindřich Waldes in Prague. The company specialized in the manufacture of press studs. There were further operations in Dresden (from 1904), New York (from 1919 Waldes Kohinoor Inc.), Barcelona (from 1921 Waldes y Cia), London (from 1922), Paris, Vienna and Warsaw.

The company was Aryanized and from 1939 operated under the name KOH-I-NOOH Metallwarenfabrik Puc und Merzinger

Today, the company still exists as KOH-I-NOOR a.s. in Prague.

At Dlouhá 727/41 was the Café Aschermann, which was renamed Café Radó after its owner emigrated to Palestine. It was the last café in Prague that Jews were allowed to visit until the fall of 1943. It later became a casino for SS officers.

The Biskupsky dvur 1146/7 (Bishop's Court) housed the Youth Aliyah School and an office of the Hechaluz from May 1939 to mid-1941. The director of the Youth Aliyah School was Egon Redlich. In preparation for emigration - primarily to Palestine - Hebrew, English, Jewish history, the geography of Palestine, carpentry and locksmithing, home economics, chemistry and mathematics were taught.

At Benediktská 685/2, the Jewish aid organization for the rescue of Jewish children and young people „Kinder- und Jugend-Alija“ was based. At the same time, the illegal headquarters of the Zionist youth association „Betar“ was located here.

Franz Kafka was born on July 3, 1883 in Prague, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. His birthplace was located on the corner of the Great Ring (Staroměstské náměstí No. 2), near the Teyn Church in Prague's Old Town.

However, this original building was destroyed by fire in 1897. The current house on this site is a reconstructed building known as "Kafka's birthplace". Today, it houses a small exhibition about Kafka and his life.

Louis Wertheimer was born on September 4, 1873 in Gunzenhausen. His parents were Amson Wertheimer and Carolina Wertheimer, née Steppacher from Ichenhausen. Louis had eight siblings - four half-siblings from his father's 1st marriage to  Amalia Lehmann, born on July 7, 1835 in Gunzenhausen, - Emma, born on  July 20, 1863, - Elise, born on March 20, 1866, -  Albert, born on April 13, 1867 and  Siegfried, born on December 12, 1868.

Franz Werfel was born in Prague in 1890 to a wealthy German-speaking Jewish family. His father was a successful industrialist. Although Werfel was of Jewish origin, religion played only a subordinate role in the family's everyday life; the family was culturally assimilated, western-oriented and rather secular.

Despite this secular background, Judaism remained a prominent theme in Werfel's life, especially on an intellectual and moral level.

The Zionist-oriented Jewish sports club Hagibor was founded in 1914. From 1919, the club had the opportunity to train at the Sparta Prague sports ground in Letná. It lost this opportunity in 1926. Therefore, in 1927, the club built its own sports complex for athletics and football on the grounds of the Israelite Hospital and Nursing Home. The Hagibor sports club was dissolved by the Protectorate administration in 1939

After the club was dissolved, an internment and labor camp was set up on the sports complex.