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T.G. Masaryk as the President of Czechoslovakia, postcard, published by VKVK, after 1918

T.G. Masaryk was celebrated as the “liberator president” following the creation of independent Czechoslovakia

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

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  • Person

    Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

    The Prague professor of philosophy was the leading figure of the Czech independence movement. He became the first President of Czechoslovakia in 1918.

  • Chapter

    Delenda Austria – Austria must be destroyed!

    In view of the authoritarian measures that destroyed the political life and tender roots of democratisation during the First World War in Austria-Hungary, the political representatives of the Czech people remaining in the country had little scope for action. Politicians in exile took over the initiative and worked actively for the creation of an independent Czech state.