Prague in the "Zero hour". The end or beginning? Cover Image

Praha v nulté hodině: konec, nebo nový začátek?
Prague in the "Zero hour". The end or beginning?

Author(s): Jaromír Mrňka
Subject(s): WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Prague;Nazi occupation;Zero hour;social life;

Summary/Abstract: The term "The zero hour" - is used in the German environment as a description of the period after surrender of German troops in May 1945. Metaforum expresses the contradictory feelings - hopelessness and hope at the end of a terrible war, the war which has dramatically changed mainly the Central Europe. Prague was also going through its "zero hour". Before the Second World war was Prague a place of intersection of mutually enriching cultures. After the Nazi occupation and the following course of events everything of this has gone. Prague half way of the twentieth century was a completely different city.

  • Issue Year: XI/2017
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 33-41
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Czech