Prague World War II & Comunism, Small group, Walking tour

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Stop At: Municipal House, nám. Republiky 5, 111 21 Praha 1-Staré Město, Czechia

Admire the Art Nouveau palace, the Municipal House, where the Czechoslovak Republic was proclaimed on October 28th 1918.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Powder Tower, nám. Republiky 5, Staré Město, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia

See the starting point for coronation of Czech kings, so-called Royal Road. Learn, why this gate was later called Powder Tower and much more.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Old Town Square, Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Praha 1-Staré Město, Czechia

Wander around the picturesque square - the heart and the soul of the city of Prague and check which of the buildings are connected with the WWII and the rise of communism.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Kinsky Palace, Staromestske namesti 606/12, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

See the rococo Kinsky palace where on the 21st February 1948 Klement Gottwald stood on the balcony and "imposed" communism onto Czechoslovakia.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Prague Astronomical Clock, Staroměstské nám. 1, 110 00 Praha 1-Staré Město, Czechia

Could you have ever imagined that even the Astronomical Clock was bombarded at the end of the.WWII? Let's talk about its history and find out what it looked like by the end of the war.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Old Town Hall, Staroměstské nám. 1/3, 110 00 Praha-Staré Město, Czechia

Did you know that the Town Hall was bombarded on 7th May 1945 by the German tanks because the Czech resistance used its premises as their headquarters? Let's find out how it all happened and how it looked before and after the bombardment.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Maisel Synagogue, Maiselova 10, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Would You believe this beautiful synagogue was supposed to become an Anti Jewish Musem? Nazis assembled here around six thousand pieces of art work and other items from all over Czechoslovakia.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Pinkas Synagogue, Jewish Museum in Prague, U stareho hrbitova 243/3a 110 00, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Listen to the story of about 80.000 Jewish victims Nazi occupation and learn how the children expressed their feelings through drawings.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Rudolfinum, Alsovo Nabrezi, 12, Prague 11000 Czech Republic

Listen to the story about this Neo-renaissance building, a temporary parliament of the newly established Czechoslovakia, a Concert Hall and a hidden statue of a Jewish composer on its roof.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Dancing House, Jiraskovo Namesti 1981/6, Prague 12000 Czech Republic

Learn about Vaclav Havel and its co-idea for the plot of a house destroyed by the U.S. bombing of Prague in 1945 and its controversial architectonic design. Do You know why it is called «Ginger and Fred»?

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: St Cyril and St Methodius Cathedral, Resslova 9, Prague Czech Republic

See the Baroque church, bulged by Nazi spheres, where the seven young partisans committed a suicide, after being tragically betrayed from one of them.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror, Resslova 307/9a, Prague 120 00 Czech Republic

Listen to the dramatic story of Czechoslovak paratroopers, who carried out the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Emmaus Monastery, Vysehradska 49, Prague Czech Republic

Admire the Gothic monastery, bombed by the U.S. in 1945, when the allies confused Prague with Dresden. Is the modern roof with steeples really gold?

Duration: 10 minutes