Tomas Garrique Masaryk - Podebrady
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Bronze statue of T.G.Masaryk at the spa collonade in Podebrady.
Waymark Code: WM6R6F
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
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Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (7 March 1850 – 14 September 1937) was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak statesman, sociologist and philosopher, who as the keenest advocate of Czechoslovak independence during World War I became the first President and founder of Czechoslovakia. He originally wished to reform the Habsburg monarchy into a democratic federal state, but during the First World War he began to favour the abolition of the monarchy and, with the help of The Allied Powers, won independence for his nation. Masaryk regarded democracy as both a political system and a humanistic world outlook.
(wikipedia)
Author: Otto Gutfreund, 1927.
The statue returned to Podebrady 28.10.2008 for the third time. At first it was destroyed by Nazis and at the second time by communists.
Past installations: 1927, 1945.