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Město Plzeň
November 11, 2022
This day is dedicated to the memory of all war veterans, including modern ones. It is celebrated worldwide as Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. Since November 2001, this important day has also been commemorated in the Czech Republic. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour…
November 11, 2022
It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of Valere Gustin, the liberator of Pilsen and southwestern Bohemia, friend, humble man and member of the 17e bataillon de fusiliers belges. SIR, lest we forget!
October 27, 2022
The famous 2nd Infantry Division was formed 105 years ago on October 26, 1917 in Bourmont, France. The Liberation Festival Pilsen team and Patton Memorial Pilsen museum laid flowers at the Chodské náměstí Pilsen monument and commemorated the wonderful meetings with American veterans who, having the white star and the…
October 25, 2022
Czechoslovak legionnaires association – Pilsen commemorated the 80th anniversary of the executions of the Pilsen patriots, the families of the Pilsen resistance fighters Bejbl, Hrdlička, Králov and Kučera. On October 24, 1942, a mass execution of relatives and associates of paratrooper agents took place at the Mauthausen concentration camp. Among them…
October 13, 2022
Today, the American veteran, the liberator of the city of Pilsen and southwestern Bohemia, member of the 16th Armored Division, Robert A. Muthersbaugh, celebrates his 101th birthday. We wish a Happy Birthday and all the best! Robert Muthersbaugh was 23 years old at the end of the war. He was the…
October 10, 2022
On Friday, October 7, the city of Pilsen, in cooperation with the partner city of Liege and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Belgium, unveiled in a part of the fortress called L’Enclos des fusillés de Liège a commemorative plaque dedicated to the 17th Rifle Battalion, which participated with General Patton’s 3rd…