The Stolpersteine in Prague-Malá Strana lists the
Stolpersteine in the town quarter
Malá Strana
Malá Strana (Czech language, Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) or more formally Menší Město pražské () is a districts of Prague, district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods.
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Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
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for "Little Side (of the River)", ) of
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
. Stolpersteine is the German name for stumbling blocks collocated all over Europe by German artist
Gunter Demnig
Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947 in Berlin) is a German artist. He is best known for his '' Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani and the disabled. The project ...
. They remember the fate of the Nazi victims being murdered, deported, exiled or driven to suicide.
Generally, the stumbling blocks are posed in front of the building where the victims had their last self chosen residence. The name of the Stolpersteine in Czech is: ''Kameny zmizelých''.
Malá Strana
Malá Strana (Czech language, Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) or more formally Menší Město pražské () is a districts of Prague, district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods.
In the Mi ...
Dates of collocations
The Stolpersteine of Prague-Malá Strana were posed by the artist himself on the following days:
* 13 June 2011: Karel Jelinek
* 28 October 2012: Artur Lasch
* 17 July 2013: Přemysl Šámal
The Czech Stolperstein project was initiated in 2008 by the ''Česká unie židovské mládeže'' (Czech Union of Jewish Youth) and was realized with the patronage of the Mayor of Prague.
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See also
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List of cities by country that have stolpersteine
This is an incomplete list of the roughly 1000 cities and towns that have stolpersteine. It is organized in alphabetical order and by country. Where the number of stolpersteine is known or can be approximated, that information has been includ ...
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Stolpersteine in the Czech Republic
External links
stolpersteine.eu Demnig's website
holocaust.cz
References
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Malá Strana
Malá Strana (Czech language, Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) or more formally Menší Město pražské () is a districts of Prague, district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods.
In the Mi ...