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PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC. Puok, Cambodia February 2012. Where do we come from?. Czech Republic. Cambodia. 9000 km. Modern history of Czechoslovakia. 1918 – declaration of independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire Czechs, Slovaks, Jews and Germans live in peace along. T. G. Masaryk
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PRAGUECZECH REPUBLIC Puok, Cambodia February 2012
Where do we come from? Czech Republic Cambodia 9000 km
Modern history of Czechoslovakia • 1918 – declaration of independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire Czechs, Slovaks, Jews and Germans live in peace along T. G. Masaryk 1st president of Czechoslovakia
Modern history of Czechoslovakia • 1939 – German occupation → World War II • 1945 – end of war, liberation by Soviet and American Armies • 1948 – communistic putsch Stalinism, oppression, normalisation, secret police, censorship Iron Curtain border between East and West
Modern history of Czechoslovakia • 1989 – Velvet Revolution peaceful comeback to democracy, Charter 77 Václav Havel (1936-2011) 1st president of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic after the fall of communism
Prague Praha (in Czech) • the capital of the Czech Repulbic • “Heart of Europe” • one of the most beautiful cities in the world with ancient history and dynamic presence • the extensive historic centre of Prague was included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1992 • historic melting pot of European civilisation and religions
Old Jewish Cemetery in use from 15th to 18th century
Panorama of the Prague Castle with the main cathedral of the country, St. Vitus Cathedral
River Vltava, with its numerous bridges, forms a natural axis of the city of Prague