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Hlavní mĕsto

Újezd, Malá Strana

Pomník obětem komunismu

Memorial to the Victims of Communism

Olbram Zoubek
2002

Description

There is also a bronze strip that runs along the centre of the memorial, showing the estimated numbers of individuals that faced state repression during the communist era:

Oběti komunismu 1948 – 1989: 205 486 odsouzeno – 248 popraveno – 4 500 zemřelo ve věznicích – 327 zahynulo na hranicích – 170 938 občanů emigrovalo.
(205,486 arrested - 170,938 forced into exile - 4,500 died in prison - 327 shot trying to escape - 248 executed).

Praha - Pomník obětem komunismu

On February 24, 2018, the adjacent pedestrian way to the memorial was named "Alej obětí totality".The sculpture is no. 6 in the Top 10 strangest statues in Prague of the Prague Post of 2014.

Inscription(s)

pomník obětem komunismu je
věnován všem obětem, nejen
popraveným a vězněným, ale
i všem, jejichž životy byly
totalitní zvůlí zničeny

zbudováno roku 2002 péčí hlavního města prahy,
městské části praha 1, konfederace politických vězňů

autoři: ing. arch. zdeněk hölzel, ak. arch. jan keřel, ak. soch. olbram zoubek

the memorial to the victims
of communism is dedicated to
all victims, not only those
who were jailed or executed
but also those whose lives
were ruined by totalitarian
despotism.

the city of prague, the municipal district of prague, and
the confederation of political prisoners built the
memorial in 2002.

authors: architects zdeněk hölzel and jan keřel
sculptor olbram zoubek

Top 10 strangest statues in Prague

1. Piss by Černý
2. Horse by Černý
3. Babies by Černý
4. Memorial to Franz Kafka by Jaroslav Röna
5. The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek
6. Memorial for the Victims of Communism by Olbram Zoubek
7. Il Commendatore by Anna Chromy
8. Iron Man by Ladislav Šaloun
9. Přemysl and Libuše by Josef Václav Myslbek
10. Pond by Kurt Gebauer

Source:
Ada von Kayser, Top 10 strangest statues in Prague In: Prague Post 29 March 2014, (Online, archived).

Artist

Olbram Zoubek (Praag 1926 - Praha 2017), Czech sculptor of Praha and Litomyšl (Wikipedia – RKDArtists).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Pomník obětem komunismu (Petřín).
Wikipedia, Seznam uměleckých realizací ve veřejném prostoru na Malé Straně.

Location (N 50°4'52" - E 14°24'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: czpr112; Photograph: 7 July 2026
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