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Munich pact
Hitler was voted German Chancellor in 1933 and right after the annexation of Austria set his sight upon Sudetenland – a mountain range following the Czech borders with Poland and Germany. more >>
Great Moravia
Although the princedom of Great Moravia only lasted 170 years, this brief period of Czech history is of great importance. It brought foreign Christianity and agricultural revolution. That drew Middle Europe nearer to the rest of the world and made it economically stable. more >>
Carlovingian Prague
Czech king and the ruler of Holy Roman Empire, Charles IV, chose Prague as his seat. He turned it into the Empire’s political and economical centre. 14th century Prague had 40 000 inhabitants and was the biggest city in Middle Europe. more >>
Hussite Movement
Hussites based their actions and ideals on the words of preacher Jan Hus. Still, they overstepped the line, as Hus was a pacifist and considered war to be the greatest evil. more >>
Rudolfinian Prague
The Rudolfinian period is well known for its architecture. Prague turned from a cold Gothic city into a place where cultural and religious differences went hand in hand with tolerance and economic boom. more >>
White Mountain Battle
What seems to be the most important battle in Czech history was actually a small fray that only lasted two hours. In November of 1620, the chances of winning the war were even for Catholics and Protestants. more >>
Czech intellectualism
The year 1848 meant a lot in the European context. A series of revolutions was sweeping through the continent making the situation unstable for the Habsburgs. Czech intellectual elite decided to use the circumstance to the people’s benefit and came with a program of a federal system among the Empire. more >>
Terezín and Czech holocaust
A small fortress built by Joseph II guarding the Northern Access to Bohemia later served as a prison. Gavrilo Princip, died here after assassinating the Austrian Archduke in 1914. more >>
Assassination of Reinhart Heydrich
Germany’s third most powerful man, after Hitler and Himmler, was born a son of a musician and was a skilled violin player himself. He wanted a career in the army, but was suspended because he seduced the daughter of a powerful politician. more >>
German Transfer
After the World War, the War Crimes were being punished from every aspect. The Czechs felt that Germans from Sudetenland were responsible for the situation in the Protectorate. more >>
Political trials
The idea of Stalinism in Czech and Slovakian Republic didn’t stop with Communists winning the elections. Censorship and secret police “guarded” the society and a group of “counselors” from the Soviet Union came to Prague to ensure a smooth crossover to a new model of politics. more >>
August 1968
In the 60s, political reforms by president Alexander Dubček and his “socialism with a human face” were dangerous to the political integrity of the Eastern Bloc. more >>
Normalization
After the Prague Spring, Gustav Husak replaced Alexander Dubček as the leader of Czech Communist Party. Husák did everything he could to reestablish Czechoslovakia as a commited member of the socialist bloc. A radical purge of Dubček’s supporters and general annulment of their reforms was the first step. more >> USEFUL LINKS |

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