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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]
[2] On 1 January 1922, a law uniting Prague and 38 other towns and municipalities came into force. At the same time, a proposal was approved to merge the libraries of these municipalities and to create a single Library of the Capital City of Prague. The library network consisted of the Central Library and 40 other libraries in the city.
Bílá nemoc (The White Disease) Továrna na absolutno (The Absolute at Large) Krakatit: Notable awards: Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (in memoriam) Spouse: Olga Scheinpflugová: Parents: Antonín Čapek (father) Božena Čapková (mother) Relatives: Josef Čapek (brother) Helena Čapková (sister) Signature
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
The National Library of the Czech Republic (Czech: Národní knihovna České republiky) is the central library of the Czech Republic. It is directed by the Ministry of Culture. The library's main building is located in the historical Clementinum building in the centre of Prague, where approximately half of its books are kept.
Elmer Gantry was banned in the Irish Free State. [167] The House of Gold: Liam O'Flaherty: 1929 Novel The first book to be banned by the Irish Free State for alleged "indecency". Republished in 2013. [168] A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway: 1929 Novel Suppressed in the Irish Free State. [166] Marriage and Morals: Bertrand Russell: 1929 Non ...
The National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J. A. Comenius (Czech: Národní pedagogické muzeum a knihovna J. A. Komenského) is an institution in Prague that was created in 2011 by merging of two institutions: Pedagogical Museum (Valdstejnska 5) and Pedagogical Library of J. A. Comenius (Jeruzalemska 12).