A monument in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A monument on a fenced ground to commemorate the victorious battles of U.S. First Infantry Division. Men beside the monument. Inscriptions on all the sides of the pillar-like monument.
Tombs in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A man and a woman beside the tombs erected in a street of a village in memory of the Czechoslovakians killed on the spot by the Germans for their underground activities. Lamps placed on the top of each tomb. Men and women beside the tombs. Buildings beside the tombs. The man and the woman offer flowers at a tomb. A girl laying flowers at a tomb.
Men and women in bathing suits on the shore of the River Vltava in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A few women sunbathing on the shore of River Vltava. Boats in the river. Czech and Russian flags on poles. Men and women on a bridge across the river. Men, women and children swimming in the river. Two men and a woman playing cards seated at a table on the shore. Close up view of a prisoner number tattoo on a woman's arm who is a Jewish survivor from Auschwitz Concentration camp in World War 2. The woman and the men playing cards. Several men and women behind them. A few men watch them play.
The Parliamentary Election day in Prague, Czechoslovakia. A tramway with number 1 (Communist Party) on it passes the Communist Party headquarters and through a crowd of Czechoslovakian citizens. Czech citizens on a street read newspapers. A car with loudspeakers on its top passes through the crowd. The street littered with election literature.
Close-up images of a slide projector as it is turned on and as its Kodak zoom lens moves forward. A picturesque Czech town is seen with numerous historic looking buildings. View of Červená Lhota (Red Village) Castle in South Bohemia. (It has bright red roof tiles, not seen in black and white photos.) A town square and buildings nearby, including one that appears to be a cathedral. A bucolic hillside scene with sheaves of wheat stacked in groups and a village in far background. Farmers moving loaded wagons with teams of oxen. Farming scenes. Local people gathered around a church building, in a rural setting. Closeups of several young girls with their heads covered. A priest conducting mass at a section of the church with altar and backdrop open to the outdoors. Many women are attending and most have their heads covered. Closeup of a woman drinking from a bottle and girls at a marketplace. Girls and a man dressed in traditional costumes. A couple in traditional costumes. Glimpse of bridge over the River Vitava in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Glimpse of isolated church spire in area near city. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts and wagons moving over the Charles bridge in Prague. Woman with baby in carriage and other pedestrians walking past Statue of Francis Borgia. on the bridge. View from bridge overlooking Wenceslas Square and statue of St Wenceslas, Prague. A tram moves below. Time moves to 1937. Police directing traffic and pedestrians at a busy corner in Prague. People at a flower stall. Glimpse of Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering. People boarding and riding on trams. Children holding bouquets of flowers. A heavy gun barrel being raised. A backyard with line of wash and children playing in the field. Year is now 1938. German soldiers move a large artillery piece into position on a road. Agreements being signed related to the German annexation of the Sudetenland, portion of Czechoslovakia containing Germans who were incorporated into Czechoslovakia after World War I ). German troops moving into the Sudetenland. Czechs and Germans signing Munich Agreement documents, German forces driving into a city. Hitler meeting with Czech officials. Hitler heading a group including Hermann Goering and other high ranking German officials, as they walk along a road in a Sudetenland city where citizens welcome them enthusiastically. Momentary glimpses of persons being mistreated. Sudden change of scene to persons posing, including some in concentration uniforms. Hitler being overwhelmed by flowers. Empty street scene with flowers discarded on the road. Year advances to 1942. Concentration camp inmates pose behind barbed wire. Year, 1943. A young Jewish woman is seen with Jewish Star of David and word "Juden" displayed on her jacket and the number 671 on a tag around her neck. Year advances to 1943-1944. View of inmates crammed into a concentration camp barracks room.
Wrecked buildings in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The Church of Our Lady before Týn (Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia). Wrecked buildings beside the church. Several men and women in front of the church. The Jan Hus Monument (Staroměstské nám., 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia) at Old Town Square. The Church of Týn and a scaffolding for rebuilding in the foreground. The ruins of the Town Hall building following bombing in World War 2. Germans cleaning the ruins and rubble of the building. German prisoners walk past the damaged building. A signboard among the ruins indicating the direction of Dresden. Germans cleaning the ruins of damaged houses. German men and women cleaning up the remains of the railway station of Cheb at the border. A group of German women cleaning the ruins. German workers on top of a heap of bricks.