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Albertov
It all started here on the university campus. What started as an innocent student manifestation, convened to mark 50 years since the Nazis closed Czech universities, soon become a demonstration calling for some political fresh air in the country. Student life is synonymous with freedom, but that had long been lacking for these college students. Under the slogan ‘End One-Party Government’, the participants set off, supported by Prague citizens. They just wanted to highlight the problems, to go through the city. But their call caught the Communist powers-that-be by surprise, and they were in no mood to parley.
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- November '89
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Deeper information... The student march led from Albertov first to the Vyšehrad cemetery and from there was to heads toward Karlovo náměstí. It was, however, redirected toward the waterfront and along it to Národní street. There was no other route, the bridge over the Vltava River and the embankment to the Old Town were cordoned off. State Security had good inside information about the march from its student infiltrators.
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- Albertov
- Albertov
- 120 00 Praha 2 – Nové Město
Information source: Prague City Tourism