An art exhibition in German occupied Prague, titled 'Ehret Die Arbeit' celebrating labor and work of all kinds. Trams in motion outside the venue. German officers and soldiers inside the building. Paintings and sculptures depicting and glorifying German soldiers and workers. Officers observe sculptures on a table. Women take a look at paintings. (World War II period).
A bread line in Prague. Men, women and children in queue. Children and old people eat their food. Scenes of the children and elderly gathered together, some sipping on hot drinks. All are bundled in warm winter clothing.
A sport event of rowing Regatta is held in Vltava river at Prague in Czech Republic. Boats at the pier. The boat race starts. People row the boats with oars. Several boats underway in the river. Crowd gathered for the event.
Dr. Josef Tiso in jail in Slovakia. Kraiska Sud jail of Bratislava. A warden opens a door of a cell. Dr. Jozef Tiso, a Monsignor of the Catholic Church and ex-Prime Minister of Slovakia during World War 2, is in the cell. The name 'Josef Tiso' written on the door of the cell. He sits at a little desk in his cell and reads and writes his memories. He then takes a book. He leaves his cell with the warden and walk in the courtyard of the jail. The warden watches him.
The funeral of German SS Officer and Gestapo official, Reinhard Heydrich in Prague-Libeň, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now Prague, Czech Republic). Exterior view of the Church of Our Lady before Týn. A large crowd gathers in Old Town Square for the funeral. Citizens stand and sit, crowded atop the Jan Hus Memorial. A man at a dais addresses the crowd. A Nazi logo in the background of the dais. Buildings in the background. Dignitaries attend the funeral.
The wedding of Frime Chaye Rivke, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Elazar, of Munkács, to Baruch Rabinovich, on March 15, 1933. Jewish men ride decorated bicycles along a street. They wear sashes containing Jewish blessings. They are surrounded by crowds and followed by other men on bicycles. A horse-drawn carriage moves through the crowd, carrying Jewish Rabbis, and elders and escorted by walking policemen and followed by men carrying banners in Yiddish. The procession and crowd goes toward a wedding pavillion set up in courtyard of the Synagogue. Policemen work to control the crowd. Rabbi Chaim Elazar speaks to the crowd, in Yiddish, exhorting Jews in America to keep the Sabbath. The crowd mills around as several persons make their way through the gates of the courtyard, being protected by police.The wedding party proceeds through Synagogue grounds to the wedding canopy, where Cantor Mordekhai Salomon sings and a Klezmer band plays. Reportedly, over 20,000 guests attended the wedding from all over Europe and the U.S.
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