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...beyond the crooked little streets of Prague's Male Strana, past the tiny shops of the alchemists in Hrachany, and the towering St. Vitus Cathedral, stands a bleak dormitory, the Massarykovo Kolej. It was here on the 17th of November, 1939, that the Nazis began their bloody massacre of Czech students which resulted in all universities being closed for the remaining six years of occupation...
Sunday, the 17th of August, 1946, tricolored Congressus flags were flying over the Kolej. Prime Minister Gottwald and top cabinet officials turned out to pay tribute to the occasion. After a colorful opening ceremony in the ornate House of Arts and Music, the Congress moved to the more businesslike conference rooms of the Kolej. Within its confines, we were to work and eat, and occasionally sleep for the next two weeks...
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