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Strašnice Crematorium

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Strašnice Crematorium (in Krematorium Strašnice) is the largest crematory in Europe in terms of area. [1]

16 relations: Crematory, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, European Heritage Days, Gorazd (Pavlík), Josef Mašín, List of Wikimedia chapters, Milada Horáková, Prague, Prague 10, QRpedia, Václav Havel, Vinohrady, Vinohrady Cemetery, Vladislav Vančura, World War II.

Crematory

A crematory (also known as a crematorium, cremator or retort) is a machine in which bodies are burned down to the bones, eliminating all soft tissue.

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Czech Republic

The Czech Republic (Česká republika), also known by its short-form name Czechia (Česko), is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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European Heritage Days

European Heritage Days (EHD) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage.

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Gorazd (Pavlík)

Bishop Gorazd of Prague, given name Matěj Pavlík (26 May 1879 – 4 September 1942), was the hierarch of the revived Orthodox Church in Moravia, the Church of Czechoslovakia, after World War I. During World War II, having provided refuge for the assassins of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich, called The Hangman of Prague, in the cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Prague, Gorazd took full responsibility for protecting the patriots after the Schutzstaffel found them in the crypt of the cathedral.

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Josef Mašín

Josef Mašín (August 26, 1896 – June 30, 1942), was an army officer of Czechoslovakia and member of the underground resistance against the Nazis.

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List of Wikimedia chapters

Wikimedia chapters are national or sub-national not-for-profit organisations created to promote the interests of Wikimedia projects locally.

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Milada Horáková

Milada Horáková (née Králová, 25 December 1901 – 27 June 1950) was a Czech politician.

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Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Prague 10

Prague 10 is both a municipal and administrative district in Prague, Czech Republic with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

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QRpedia

QRpedia is a mobile Web based system which uses QR codes to deliver Wikipedia articles to users, in their preferred language.

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Václav Havel

Václav Havel (5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, writer and former dissident, who served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as the first President of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003.

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Vinohrady

Královské Vinohrady (in English literally "Royal Vineyards" Königliche Weinberge) is a cadastral district in Prague.

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Vinohrady Cemetery

Vinohrady Cemetery (in Vinohradský hřbitov) is a large cemetery in Vinohrady in Prague 10 which contains Strašnice Crematorium.

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Vladislav Vančura

Vladislav Vančura (23 June 1891 in Háj near Opava – 1 June 1942 in Prague) was an important Bohemian (Czech) writer active in the 20th century, who was killed by the Nazis.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strašnice_Crematorium

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