Princess Michael of Kent
Married to Prince Michael Duke of Kent. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, adds that she was born as Baroness Marie-Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz on 15 January 1945 in Karlovy Vary, then ...
1 memorial
Kindertransport
10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. This was organised mainly by World Jewish Relief, but many Quakers helped the children at stations on the jo...
Event, Children, Transport, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland
2 memorials
Oskar Kokoschka
Painter. Born in Pöchlarn, Austria. He studied in Vienna and worked in Berlin for many years where he painted expressionist portraits and did illustrations for the periodical 'Der Sturm'. Branded a...
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Lidice massacre
Lidice is a village in the Czech Republic just north-west of Prague. Following the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, a high-ranking Nazi, the search for the culprits failed, desp...
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Sir William Heerlein Lindley
Civil engineer. Born at 50 Ferdinand Strasse, Hamburg. Worked with his father William Lindley on a number of engineering projects, including the Warsaw waterworks and the sewerage system in Prague,...
1 memorial
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk[a] was a Czechoslovak statesman, political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia 1918-35. He is regarded as the founding father of Czec...
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia
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Robert Maxwell
Publisher, politician and swindler. Born Ján LudvÃk Hyman Binyamin Hoch, in Slatinské Doly (now Solotyino, Ukraine). He came to Britain after WW2 where he built up the Pergamon Press, acquired the ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Czechoslovakia
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Moravian Church
Officially named Unitas Fratrum (Unity of the Brethren), it originated in Bohemia when Jan Hus, a priest and philosopher, objected to some of the practices of the Roman Catholic church, and wanted ...
2 memorials
Edgar Allan Poe Society of Prague
Established as a non-profit organisation, it was originally set up to promote the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe and to encourage and promote old and new artistic interpretations of his works. I...
3 memorials
Irena Sedlecká
Born in Plzeň (known in English and German as Pilsen), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) on 7 September 1928. Married the sculptor Franta Belsky in 1996. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, adds that h...
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