SVU NEWS ZPRAVY SVU 2018 02

The urbanism of the town of Ořechov and the surroundings of the planned memorial situated in the town center in a newly created intimate area, a hidden square, allows erection of an independent object/statue, of a new meeting point and place of relaxation for residents and visitors. [...] The book covers the period from the times of the discovery of New World to the end of the twentieth century. [...] As for the definition of Jews, the present work encompasses not only the individuals that have professed in Judaism but also the descendants of the former Jews who originally lived on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia, regardless of the generation or where they were born. [...] The border is defined by the water divide of the Orinoco and Amazon rivers – if the water travels to the Orinoco, the land is claimed by Venezuela while Brazil gets the area where the rivers flow into the Amazon. [...] On the occasion of the centennial of the founding of Czechoslovakia and the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Czech Republic, the highest representatives of our country will travel to Chicago to honor Americans and Czech-Americans who contributed to the birth of the modern Czech statehood and its rebirth after World War II.