Funeral of journalist Karel Lažnovský in Prague

  Authors

UFA

  Item identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12801/3901535-01

 Date issued

1941

 Type

clip, video

 Language(s)

Czech

 Description

Segment from UFA Praha 1941 no. 2 depicts the enormous funeral of pro-German journalist Karel Lažnovský held in the Small Hall of the Crematorium of the City of Prague in Vinohrady on 16 October 1941. Lažnovský died on 10 October 1941 when he succumbed to poisoning after eating open sandwiches at a reception at the home of Prime Minister Alois Eliáš; the incident became known as the "open sandwich affair". His death was labelled a political murder by Nazi propaganda. Karl von Gregory, head of the Cultural and Political Department of the Reich Governor's Office, members of the Protectorate Government, and representatives of the Government Army and all Protectorate authorities are present among the mourners. Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich places a funeral wreath by the coffin. The funeral oration is delivered by Minister of Education and People´s Enlightenment Emanuel Moravec.

 Publisher

Národní filmový archiv

 Subject(s)

pohřeb Lažnovský Karel krematorium exteriér krematorium interiér projev smuteční hosté smuteční vojáci Vládního vojska na pohřbu vojsko Vládní Protektorát oheň věčný salutování věnce smuteční věnec smuteční od Heydricha rakev na katafalku hajlování architektura Mezera Alois Heydrichiáda Places::Praha::Strašnice::krematorium::Malá obřadní síň /ext.,int./ UFA žurnál 1941/2 Významné pohřby

 Collection(s)

Memorable Funerals , The Heydrich Terror

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