Marble slabs and iron cross from Wenceslas Square in Prague
The memorial dedicated to the memory of Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc, which for thirty years was located just a few metres from the St.Wenceslas Monument, had to give way to the ongoing construction of the tram line and the long-planned revitalisation of Wenceslas Square. Two marble slabs were part of the place of remembrance. On the first of them are engraved portraits of two "living torches", Jan Palach and Zajíc. Supposedly they were a gift from citizens from the Wenceslas Square area in 1994. The second plaque, which commemorates the victims of communist totalitarianism, comes from the Association of Former Political Prisoners. The plaques were complemented by an iron cross.
The two marble slabs and the iron cross were handed over on 1 October 2024 by EUROVIA CZ, a. s., which is carrying out the work on the square, to the Museum of Memory of the XXth Century. The handover of the second plaque was also approved by the Association of Former Political Prisoners. The objects will be temporarily deposited in the temporary headquarters of the Museum of the Memory of the XXth Century at 929/22 Opletalova Street.
