Memorial to Victims of Communist Police Torture - Praha, CZ
Posted by: Noe1
N 50° 05.381 E 014° 23.513
33U E 456499 N 5548779
Memorial plaque on the wall of building complex, where was located secret prison and torture chamber mainly used to torture soldiers, cocky or real opponents of the communist regime.
Waymark Code: WMX4V7
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 11/27/2017
Views: 20
text of the memorial:
"
PAMÁTCE OBETÍ
UMUCENÝCH
KOMUNISTICKOU
POLICIÍ"
MEMORY OF VICTIMS
MARTYRED by
COMMUNIST
POLICE
"Domecek (or Hradcanský domecek) is an informal name for a former small prison in Hradcany, district of Prague. The name in Czech means small house and refers to the size of the building.
Domecek, placed next to the building of a military court, had served as a military prison during the Austro-Hungarian period. It was used by the Gestapo during World War II and since 1948 the Czechoslovakian security service (StB) employed it as a secret prison. It hosted 30 solitary cells.
StB used the place for torture of political opponents, among them the officers of the pre-war army or members of the anti-nazi resistance."
source: (
visit link)