Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:03:17 +0200Mock prison camp on Wenceslas Square to jog memories of communist pasthttps://english.radio.cz/mock-prison-camp-wenceslas-square-jog-memories-communist-past-8602539© 2026 Radio Prague International It's eighteen years since the Velvet Revolution that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia, so if you're walking through the centre of Prague in the next ten days you might be surprised to stumble across a communist-era prison camp just a few metres from the McDonalds on Wenceslas Square. The mock camp is actually an exhibition to remind Czechs of the 8,000 people who died in prison camps and uranium mines during the communist era. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/lagr_vaclavak.jpg?timestamp=1591391864 Mock prison camp on Wenceslas Square to jog memories of communist past https://english.radio.cz/mock-prison-camp-wenceslas-square-jog-memories-communist-past-8602539 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9