Why did Czech celebrate 17th November? Oslava 17.11. v Brně

Hi Steemians

did you know that 17th November was declared as International Students' Day and its origin comes from Czechoslovakia? In 1939 there were demonstrations against Germany occupation where student Jan Opletal was killed. His funeral turned into another demonstration which resulted in closing of Czechoslovak universities and imprisoning and murder of students leaders on 17th of November. Fifty years later was students demonstration in Prague again. This time were students repressed by the police of the communist regime. At that time had resigned communist presidents of Germany (GDR) and Bulgaria. The other 17th November is called the Velvet revolution and lead to the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
In 2019 we remembered 80th and 30th anniversary of the students bravery and guess what happened in Prague. Demonstration of 250 000 people who aren't satisfied with the prime minister Babis who governs with the support of the communist party!

I show you some photos from Brno, the second largest city in the country. Spilberk castle was light up in three national colors.

The squares in the city centre were being prepared for the Christmas market.

Skating under the horse belly? In Brno is possible anything.

Ahoj Steemiťáci
ve zpravodaji radnice se jistá zastupitelka pohoršovala nad částkou, kterou brněnská pokladna vynaložila za oslavu stého výročí vzniku republiky. Letošní oslava 30. výročí pádu komunismu prý měla být důstojná a úspornější. Jak to lokální političce vyšlo se můžete dočíst v článku Oslava měla pachuť bizáru . Kromě opileckého extempore a koncertu na náměstí Svobody, se konal tradiční lampionový průvod městem organizovaný studenty.
Speciálního nasvícení se dočkal i hrad Špilberk