Leseprobe

C Z E C H R E P U B L I C | P R A G U E 8 3 Location: Prague, at the foot of Petrˇín hill Inscriptions on the granite base Czech: POMNÍK OBEˇ TEM KOMUNISMU JE / VEˇ NOVÁN VŠEM OBEˇ TEM, NEJEN / POPRAVENÝM A VEˇ ZNEˇ NÝM, ALE / I VŠEM, JEJICHŽ ŽIVOTY BYLY/ TOTALITNÍ ZVU˚ LI ZNICˇ ENY/ ZBUDOVÁNO ROKU 2002 PÉCˇ Í HLAVNÍHO MEˇSTA PRAHY, /MEˇ TSKÉ Cˇ ASTI PRAHA 1, KONFEDERACE POLITICKÝCH VEˇ ZNˇ U˚ /AUTORˇ I: ING. ARCH. ZDENEˇK HÖLZEL, AK. ARCH. JAN KEREL, AK. SOCHARˇ . OLBRAM ZOUBEK English: THE MEMORIAL TO THE VICTIMS/ OF COMMUNISM IS DEDICATED TO /ALL VICTIMS NOT ONLY THOSE /WHO WHERE JAILED OR EXECUTED / BUT ALSO THOSE WHOSE LIVES/WERE RUINED BY TOTALITARIAN / DESPOTISM. / THE CITY OF PRAGUE, THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF PRAGUE 1 /AND THE CONFEDERATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS BUILT /THE MEMORIAL IN 2002. / AUTHORS: ARCHITECTS ZDENEˇK HÖLZEL, JAN KEREL, AND SCULPTOR OLBRAM ZOUBEK. Bronze sculptures as symbols of individuals destined for liquidation