Panorama Beseda Volnost: bringing Czech expatriates in Belgium together for over a century
The Czech expatriate organization Beseda Volnost was founded in the Brussels pub of a Mr Antonín Trojan in 1904. Its membership has grown some from the original 29 Czechs who signed up to pay their half-a-franc yearly fee back then, but the club’s mission remains more or less the same. Over the past century, Beseda has provided Czechs living in Belgium with a means of keeping their culture alive, and has raised funds for a number of good causes such as the Prague floods in 2002.
Alena Gilbert (right) and Olga Schmalzried with the Gratias Agit award and Cyril Svoboda
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