Prague in the Heart - 189 Stories from the City and its People - Renáta Fučíková

Práh - <p></p> <p class="Bezodstavcovhostylu"><em>Prague in the Heart</em><span> </span>is a collection of one hundred and eighty-nine true stories of events that have taken place in<span> </span><strong>Prague</strong><span> </span>over the past two hundred years. They show that the recent past has been no less dramatic and convoluted than in medieval times.</p> <p class="Bezodstavcovhostylu"> </p> <p class="Bezodstavcovhostylu"><span>Franz <strong>Kafka</strong>, Jaroslav <strong>Seifert</strong>, Bohumil <strong>Hrabal</strong>, Jaroslav <strong>Hašek</strong>, </span><span>Jan <strong>Patočka</strong>, Jiří <strong>Dienstbier</strong> and Václav <strong>Havel</strong> were all </span><span>residents of <strong>Prague</strong>. Occupying armies marched through <strong>Prague</strong>. There was a battle for <strong>Czechoslovak</strong> <strong>Radio</strong> in the <strong>Vinohrady</strong> quarter of Prague. Czech patriots were executed in Kobylisy, <strong>Prague</strong>. Dissidents </span><span>were detained at Ruzyně in Prague. A Reich‑Protector was assassinated in <strong>Prague</strong>. And neighborhoods like Smíchov, Karlín and Libeň, once industrial areas, recorded the history of the Industrial Age – a time when poverty was intertwined with </span><span>achievement, progress, and hope for a better future.</span></p>