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The rebirth of the Czech nation, published by Hudečka, around 1919

As witnesses of the rebirth, we see on the right the Czech President Masaryk and US President Wilson. In the foreground, there is a distorted caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with spiked helmet, a Hungarian magnate, the “un-dead” Emperor Franz Joseph and the sleeping Emperor Karl with a bottle of champagne

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Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H. / Objekt aus der Sammlung Dr. Lukan

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