100 gather on Old Town Square to remember February putsch

Around 100 people gathered at Prague’s Old Town square on Sunday to mark the 61st anniversary of the 1948 Communist putsch which paved the way for one-party rule in Czechoslovakia. A number of speakers at the event warned of the continuing influence of the Communist Party 20 years after the Velvet Revolution. Attendees marking the anniversary also listened to the recording of a speech by Communist leader Klement Gottwald - Czechoslovakia’s first Communist president.

Author: Jan Velinger