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Nice touch to add that - the hotel is very close to the former GESTAPO HQ too, among other sites of interest.

Carl

Two new threads addressing life in the former Protectorate, featuring materials currently displayed at the Prague Army Museum:
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Thanks gents. Prague truly is a city well worth a visit.

An interesting link:

www.warrelics.eu/forum/history-research-3-reich-ww2/road-prague-425533/#post1177486

Related postal and monetary pieces of the region and epoch.

The Gestapo HQ was addressed earlier in this thread:

www.warrelics.eu/forum/after-battle/gestapo-hq-prague-132515/

A short walk from the hotel, the former Gestapo HQ. The cells below still display several features of their days as a place of torment. During the occupation, upwards of 1,000 staff worked within...

On arriving in Prague, various high ranking individuals, such as Heydrich and Müller, stayed at the fine Esplanade Hotel, located opposite Prague's main train station.

The famous shoe store Bata. Here, following the attack on Reinhard Heydrich, a large display featuring items from the scene of the attack was posted in the window area, appealing for witnesses to...

Thread addressing the 75th anniversary of the German occupation.

www.warrelics.eu/forum/history-research-3-reich-ww2/75th-anniversary-occupation-cz-410217/#post1143141

In the eastern suburbs of the city, near the large Jewish cemetery, lies the site of the former Hagibor Barackenlager, a concentration camp for people of mixed marriages and non-Jews who had refused...

The attachment below, although taken further north - near Litoměřice, site of the former concentration camp Leitmeritz, is consistent with the conditions currently suffered by many in Prague. The...

Thank you gents.

Moving on, the site of the former Ministry of Propaganda - Waldsteingasse (Valdštejnská), later renamed Opletalova after Jan Opletal, a Czech medical student killed during...

Thanks gents, plenty more to come!

SA HQ:

The area headquarters of the SA were located at this site, at Stephangasse 36 (Štěpánská).

SS HQ:

The area headquarters of the SS was located in this building, at Nürnberger Strasse 27, now the law faculty of Charles University on Pařížská (note: no number 27 exists today, but the...

Indeed Leon, few places can match Prague for charm and beauty. I too hope that you are able to visit one day cool militaria

ADOLF HITLER BARRACKS:

Located within the former Czech Army Staff College, the barracks were in the Dejvice (German-Dewitz) region, northwest of the centre of Prague. During the occupation, the...

Hitler arrived at Prague castle in the middle of March 1939, shortly after German troops had secured the capital. The famous image of Hitler, gazing out of one of the castle windows at the city...

The city of Prague, a Bohemian centre of virtually incomparable beauty, has seen her fair share of history over the years. Compared to most other major sites across Europe, the city was relatively...