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![RFE/RL Dedicates Monument To Jewish History At Prague Headquarters
From the early 1910s, Hagibor (which comes from the Hebrew word for “hero”) was the site of a Jewish retirement home, later doubling as the site of the Hagibor sports club. During the early years of the German occupation of then-Czechoslovakia, it served as one of the few public spaces still open to Jews. But, from 1944-45 Hagibor was the location of a forced-labor camp for people from so-called “mixed marriages” and non-Jewish men who refused to divorce their Jewish wives. For some, the site was a transit point to the Terezin Ghetto in what is now northern Czech Republic…[READ MORE]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvgrtsb7r81qkgi6go1_500.jpg)
RFE/RL Dedicates Monument To Jewish History At Prague Headquarters
From the early 1910s, Hagibor (which comes from the Hebrew word for “hero”) was the site of a Jewish retirement home, later doubling as the site of the Hagibor sports club. During the early years of the German occupation of then-Czechoslovakia, it served as one of the few public spaces still open to Jews. But, from 1944-45 Hagibor was the location of a forced-labor camp for people from so-called “mixed marriages” and non-Jewish men who refused to divorce their Jewish wives. For some, the site was a transit point to the Terezin Ghetto in what is now northern Czech Republic…[READ MORE]
