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The White Plague (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a play written by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 1937. [1] Written at a time of increasing threat from Nazi Germany to Czechoslovakia, it portrays a human response to a tense, prewar situation in an unnamed country that greatly resembles Germany with one extra addition: an uncurable white disease, a form of leprosy, is selectively killing off people ...
Skeleton on Horseback aka The White Disease (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a 1937 Czechoslovak drama film directed by and starring Hugo Haas. It revolves around an infectious disease which breaks out during a war. It is based on the play The White Disease by Karel Čapek. [1]
The first public municipal library in Prague started its activity on 1 July 1891. At the beginning it had 3 370 books, which were used in the lending and reading rooms. In 1903 it found its permanent location on the corner of Platnéřská Street, Žatecká Street and Mariánské náměstí in the Old Town, i.e. in the place where its present ...
4 This report attempts to recapitulate the complex body of information which was gathered from refugee and other accounts. In order to convey this information, the collective accounts have been divided into nominal categories. The report is divided into three sections: ♦ Assessment Procedures ♦ Conflict Dynamics ♦ Summary of Findings
[1] [2] He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, [3] he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe. [4] [5] Though nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, [6] Čapek ...
The National Library is the biggest library in the Czech Republic, housing around 6 million documents. The library currently has 20 627 registered readers. [1] Although comprising mostly Czech texts, the library also stores older material from Turkey, Iran and India. [4] The library also houses books for Charles University in Prague. [5]
Slovanská knihovna - můj osud. Prague: National Library of the Czech Republic. ISBN 9788070506714. 2 Strnadel, Jiří (1976). Padesát let Slovanské knihovny v Praze. Prague: Státní knihovna ČSR - Slovanská knihovna. pp. 73– 122.. Řeháková, Michaela; Babka, Lukáš (2005).
Seán O'Casey: 1939 Autobiography Banned in Ireland. [169] Dutch Interior: Frank O'Connor: 1940 Novel Banned in Ireland. [169] The Tailor and Ansty: Eric Cross: 1942 Non-fiction Banned by the Irish censors for discussing sexuality in rural Ireland. [170] Borstal Boy: Brendan Behan: 1958 Autobiographical novel Banned in Ireland in 1958.