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The crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methods in Prague, where the Heydrich assassins died on 18 June 1942, now contains only memorial plaques and busts of the 7 paratroopers who were killed or committed suicide there and in the church above
#WWII #Czech #Czechoslovakia
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bronze bust of assassin Jozef Gabčík in garrison cap in front of the burial cubicles

beneath each bust is a black plaque with names and dates of birth and death, rank, and biographical details in gold

visitors have placed paper poppies, ribbons, and other small tokens on the stand and plaque

close-up of bronze bust of assassin Jan Kubiš in garrison cap front of the burial cubicles

beneath each bust is a black plaque with names and dates of birth and death, rank, and biographical details in gold

visitors have placed a red rose, a red carnation, and other small tokens on the stand and plaque

The Prague Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, where the Heydrich assassins were killed on 18 June 1942, is today a site of national remembrance.

#WWII #Czech #Czechia #Czechoslovakia
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the bullet-pocked wall of the church:

a ventilation grate provided access to the crypt, and gunfire was exchanged from within and without. Eventually, the Nazis tried to drown the paratroopers by pumping water into the crypt through this opening

above the opening is a memorial plaque (next photo)

beneath it on a small ledge are small memorial wreaths and candles

the memorial plaque: at left a paratrooper, at right a priest

in the middle in gold. the names of those killed at the scene or after a later trial and at the bottom a statement that this is also dedicated to the memory of all patriots executed for assisting the paratroopers

The Nazis boasted they had erased the name of Lidice from history as well as the map. #Czechoslovakia rebuilt the town as a living community & memorial
https://www.lidice-memorial.cz/en/

France decided to keep Oradour as a ruin & memorial
https://www.oradour.info/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep
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50 years of #CZ #history - last few minutes of this #documentary (year 1968) changed within few months, with borders being closed with barbed wire and heavily watched so no citizens could leave

I cannot believe I am reliving tanks and shooting civilians again - only this time we will have videos in #color
#czechia #slovakia #czechoslovakia

https://youtu.be/NC-Y0Llktag?feature=shared

The Lidice massacre was a traumatic episode in the history of #Czechoslovakia, which regularly marked the anniversaries in commemorative #stamps

1957, on the fifteenth anniversary

#stamps #philately
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The Lidice massacre was a traumatic episode in the history of #Czechoslovakia, which regularly marked the anniversaries in commemorative #stamps

1947, on the fifth anniversary

#WWII #philately
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Czechoslovak commemorative stamp (1,60 koruna) for Lidice, 1947:
grayscale engraving of tearful woman in mourning--

by Karel Svolinský (1896-1986) and Jindra Schmidt (1897-1984). The two collaborated regularly throughout their careers. ironically, Schmidt's first postal engraving was for an occupation stamp depicting Hitler looking out over the "Lesser Town in Prague" in 1943. The remainder of his productions fall in the postwar era

postage stamp. 2.40 K

marroon on beige

woman facing left, kneeling to plant seedling
Text at top Československo
Text at bottom: Lidice

J. Kaplickÿ and Jindra Schmidt

special cover and cancellation

the 2,40 K stamp with special cancellation including the image of the cross and crown of thorns used to commemorate the massacre and the town name Lidice

at lower left, the cachet depicts a hand holding a miner's lamp (against a background of ruins), the rays of which spell out Lidice Shall Live in various languages

linden leaves (a Czech national symbol)

the dates 10.VI. 1942 1947

Czechoslovak commemorative stamp (1,20 koruna) for Lidice, 1947:
grayscale engraving of tearful woman in mourning--

by Karel Svolinský (1896-1986) and Jindra Schmidt (1897-1984). The two collaborated regularly throughout their careers. ironically, Schmidt's first postal engraving was for an occupation stamp depicting Hitler looking out over the "Lesser Town in Prague" in 1943. The remainder of his productions fall in the postwar era

"Guess I’ll take my ball and go home. Who knew choosing democracy over a totalitarian makeover would be such a hard decision? #NotMyConstitution #Czechoslovakia"
- Edvard Beneš

Jun 07, 1948 - Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Bene%C5%A1

Jako grafik a ilustrátor mám slabost pro staré dětské knihy. Děti chtějí před spaním stále něco číst. A zjistil jsem, že tak krásné knihy jako byly dříve už nikdy nikdo neudělá. Cit pro vyváženou typografii a ilustraci. Provedení navzdory možnostem realizace. Fascinující.Takže když občas někde v antikvariátu vidím nějaký ten kousek... musím ho mít. A až děti vyrostou a nebudou chtít už číst pohádky, můžu si je před spaním číst... já 😂 #knihy #books #oldczechbooks #czechoslovakia #ceskoslovensko #detskeknihy #albatros #jindrichhegr #miloslavtopinka #typography #illustrations

when I was 10 years old I saw my first #coochie in a game of #truthordare. later that week a neighborhood kid from #Czechoslovakia ratted me out to my mom.

so no, I don't "stand with #Ukraine"

Another cool find, courtesy of our old house. A coin from 1947, one year before the communist regime took over in Czechoslovakia. Looking at the close-up picture of the heads side, I'm beginning to think it shows Jánošík, the Slovak version of Robin Hood. I love finding these little pieces of history, however mundane.

#coins #history #antiquities #Czechoslovakia

Heads of an old coin, depicting a Slovak folk hero (a thief stealing from the rich and giving to the poor), with a hat and his typical braided hair. Next to the picture is the number 2, with no currency given.

Tails of a coin, with the state symbol in the middle - a lion with two tails and a crown, representing the Czech republic, with the Slovak double cross on a mountain peak on its chest. Around the edge there is the year 1947 and the name of the state - Republika Československá.

'The shop on main street', de Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos. An inept Slovak peasant is torn between greed and guilt when the Nazi-backed bosses of his town appoint him “Aryan controller” of an old Jewish widow’s button shop. Humor and tragedy fuse in this scathing exploration of one cowardly man’s complicity in the horrors of a totalitarian regime. Made near the height of Soviet oppression in Czechoslovakia.
#cinema #autoritarisme #totalitarisme
#Czechoslovakia

https://archive.org/details/the-shop-on-main-street

Lindsay Lohan for Vogue, Czechoslovakia – May 2025 https://www.girlselfie.com/640136/lindsay-lohan-for-vogue-czechoslovakia-may-2025/ #Celeb #CelebPhotographs #CelebPhotoshoots #celebrities #Celebrity #Czechoslovakia #lindsay #Lohan #Vogue

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/20/exposing-the-illegals-how-kgbs-fake-westerners-infiltrated-the-prague-spring

#history #USSR #KGB #Czechoslovakia

Five of the new arrivals were told to visit restaurants, museums, galleries and hotels and find opposition-minded Czechs. If necessary they could pay for useful political information, gently hinting that the money might be coming from western intelligence.

Some were tasked with befriending Czech newspaper editors and goading them into printing anti-Soviet statements to further escalate tensions. Others buried a fake cache of American weapons to “prove” that the reform movement was backed by the United States.

In old Prague, the KGB spread their wings,
With fake Westerners, they played their strings.
Undercover as spies,
They told countless lies,
To infiltrate during the Prague Spring's flings.

#GuardianLimerick #Czechoslovakia #Protest #Russia #Communism #Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/20/exposing-the-illegals-how-kgbs-fake-westerners-infiltrated-the-prague-spring

4) In Husák's #Czechoslovakia, the poems of #EgonBondy were banned. The #PlasticPeopleOfTheUniverse were not allowed to record/distribute their #music. This didn't stop PPU from recording an album in 1974–75 with lyrics mainly taken from Bondy poems. After PPU's 1976 imprisonment, a Czech in London tried to get the album released abroad. It was released in 1978 in France and England, including the track "Toxica." #ThreeMinuteThursday #3MT #Czechia #PragueUnderground https://youtu.be/4X46rmf8534?si=h_ksZ8_9TD1mm2wI

https://youtu.be/PIzgu1vk8Cc

Today in my series looking at Interwar tanks that need adding to War Thunder we take a look at Czechslovakian Interwar tanks!

#warthunder #czechoslovakia #interwar #czechnia #slovakia

#Forestry was a major industry in interwar #Poland & #Czechoslovakia. Here, rafts of timber on the Vltava (Moldau) in Prague (Charles Bridge in the background) in the interwar years

#Czech #Czechia
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sepia-toned interwar photo

curving from the left rear of the frame to the lower center: timber rafts of a log drive

in the background, the medieval Charles Bridge

at right, some of the notable buildings near the bridge: including the former waterworks (today the Smetana Museum), and, behind that, the spires and dome of the Klementinum

two lumberjacks by Alois Moravec (1899-1987), known for his depictions of daily life in South Bohemia. Most of his graphic work was done before 1930

#Czech #Czechia #Czechoslovakia
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square print in deep brown on cream

in a forest, two men use a crosscut saw on a toppled tree

Otesánek is a log in a Czech fairy tale that is adopted by a childless couple. The log becomes alive, and the parents are unable to keep their new son fed. Eventually, the growing Otesánek develops a taste for human flesh. Czech director Jan Švankmajer adapted it into a movie.

#WyrdWednesday #Mythology #CzechMythology #Folklore #CzechFolklore #FairyTale #CzechFairyTale #Czechoslovakia #Horror #CzechHorror #Movie #CzechMovie #Cinema #CzechCinema #Otesanek #LittleOtik #JanSvankmajer

Otesánek is in a high chair as his mother tries to feed him. A scene from Jan Švankmajer's movie adaptation of the fairy tale.

Today #Trump is speaking with #Putin. Well…
Not only is it unbelivable and disgusting, but also I honestly don’t know why #DonaldTrump believes that he will have some influence on #Russia or that they are willing to compromise.

Trump, would you speak to Adolf #Hitler in the #1930s? He also promised that after #Austria, #Czechoslovakia there will be a permanent #peace in #Europe.

#Freedom #FreeWorld #EU #politics #Europa #America #USA #US #Ukraine #Traitor #democracy #values #ViveLaEurope

#Czechoslovakia

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