You mean during the WW2 and then when bloody communists took over and started stealing and murdering and imprisoning free-minded people including war heroes? Halting any real development of the country for 40 years. Thak you, but no thank you. My grand parents lived through that era, they easily could have been on those shots living literally hundreds meters from Vodičkova street.
@@Zolik.well he maybe thinks about the politics who did allow themselves to keep their business open during covid because the company is registered as “foundation for kids”. It is the ham market at Staromak. And there are many of these cases just people don’t see it.
@@adambenk0 Are you serious? do you live in a bubble? have you not noticed the complete collapse of western civilization? have you not noticed the increased crime rates and 3rd world you now live in surrounded by 3rd worlders?
Teda to je paráda, díky moc za video, jako rodilá Pražanka, která spatřila světlo světa dost let po válce, si film opravdu užívám! Ještě jednou, děkuji!
0:07 Charles bridge 0:21 St. Nicholas Church in Prague - Lesser Town 0:31 St. Vitus Cathedral 0:50 Old town Hall (damaged building in the foreground), Church of Our Lady before Týn (background) 0:59 Old town square, Jan Hus Memorial statue 1:34 View of St. Vitus Cathedral and Prague Castle from the Charles bridge 1:58 Statue of Saints Norbert of Xanten, Wenceslas and Sigismund on Charles Bridge 2:17 Statue of John of Nepomuk, Charles Bridge 2:44 High Court in Prague, 1300 Náměstí hrdinů 2:29 Old town Hall with destroyed Eastern wing (later torn down) 3:36 YMCA Headquarters, 12 Na Poříčí st., view from inside the city block 3:56 YMCA Headquarters, 12 Na Poříčí st., view from the street
3:36 is the southern/rear wing of YMCA Headquarters inside the city block, you can see the letters on the blind wall. Nowadays the view is blocked by the Hilton hotel built in the 1990s.
@@davidcermak9400 Oh my goodness, half of my comment with time marks got deleted! I don't understand why UA-cam is messing up comments like this. 2:30 is Old Town hall, with the view of the Eastern wing that was destroyed by fire after german troops were shooting at it just hours before German capitulation. After that, there is a view of YMCA Headquarters at Na Poříčí 12.
Преди дни бях в прекрасната Прага. От тълпите туристи не може да се види и почувства в пълна степен красотата на града във вида, който е показан в архивните кадри. Благодаря за разходката в миналото. Сърдечно от България
Wow, this is really fascinating! I live in Prague, so these images are particularly meaningful to me. It's so interesting to see all these well known places the way they were in 1946. Particularly the Old Town Hall being reconstructed (0:50) after it was severely damaged at the end of the Second World War. And btw, Pražská YMKA (6:28) means Prague Y.M.C.A. The banner at 7:57 contains a rhyming advertisement for the local cafe, milk bar and a restaurant where you can refresh yourself and reach your new fitness potential.
Antonín Dvořak´s great Grandson or one of many grandsons was a football player and footbal Trainer with great results The titles in the end say that Every medication will stop you if you have empty stomach you will calm down in canteen and shoot a lot of baskets (baseball) our canteen will put you into the league refreshing in milk bar will give you "steam" (energy) for the finish
As much as I am a MAJOR fan of your videos of the beauty of the past and personally would love to see something about Philly (outside of a train) I swear you have a time machine. Still keep up the PHENOMENAL work.
Zajímalo by mne, z jakého důvodu byl na Staroměstském náměstí vyvěšený smuteční prapor… Jinak je to nádhera, prosím více takových zrestaurovaných filmů z území Československa. ❤
Wenceslao Square, old tradicional buildings. Absolutely valuable material. Years after the World War II .unfortunately ,after 79 years,the world still is talking about wars.We have been incompetent History students 🤔. As always Historical footages. Thank you!👏👏💐
@@SmithMrCorona I feel sorry for you and your thinking. Villains need people like you to continue the criminal behavior. I am really,really sorry for you!
Yes, 1946 was still a year of hope. The communist regime took over two years later in February 1948 under the direction of the Soviets, and the invasion was 20 years later.
I was born and raised in Prague and sometimes I dream about seeing the city during those times. They were hard times, but we also have our challenges. We may be blessed enough not to have war, but the spark of the city is largely gone with capitalism and excess tourism, all the McDonald's, Starubcks, Primarks and other shit that noone really needs. We are so disconnected from all the beauty that Prague once was. But with that being said, it still remains one of the most beautiful, as well as one of the most green cities in all of Europe. Thank you for this beautiful video.
What a beautiful film. The color and resolution are spectacular. I am going to watch it again. Thank you Nass for taking us on this incredible journey. You never fail to impress.
i wish i had a time machine and go back to the 1940s and see all the old houses and what the people wear it was a simple time who wants to go with me give me a hell yah
I'd love to go with you! We'd have to get some 1940s clothes first though, put on a fancy hat, have some old currency to spend a day or two incognito, yeah!
I can't believe that my grandpa was born during that time. His birth certificate literally says born in Protektorát Čechy a Morava which is crazy for me as it is something we've been taught in history class. He is now 80 years old.
Why do why find it that strange? Well, anyway, my Grandpa has been born in II RP (i mean Poland) in Lwów [or Lviv; so the city that used to be Polish - now its Ukrainian]. And now i live in Wrocław [Breslau - the city, that used to be German and its Polish today]. A lot has happened in Europe last 100 years indeed.
@@janjindrak3448 Well, history surrounds us. Just 30 years ago we had Czechoslovakia - yet still some perceive it as almost prehistory. A little bit more than 100 years ago Czechoslovakia was part of Austro-Hungary. And you see, in all of capitals of the countries that once were Austro-Hungary, you can see statues or monuments dedicated to Maria Theresa - in Ljubljana, Budapest, obviously Wien, Prague, Bratyslava...
@@janjindrak3448 my great-grandma, who lived nearly a hundred years, and whom I still remember talking to as a little kid, was born in Prague in 1880. So, as a young lady she might have been meeting Antonin Dvorak when walking around the city.... Hard to believe, too
Wonderful video! I loved exploring Prague. It was never bombed in WWII, so all the old buildings are still intact. The Catholic Hapsburgs presided in the castle, but a lot of Protestants and Jews lived on the other side of the river. A lot of diversity and cultural creativity there over the centuries.
Sadly it was bombed (as you can actually see on the state of the town hall in 0:50 and 2:37). But the bombings were rather small compared to other Europan cities, that's true.
The nazis did It? Well, how convenient, right? The truth is the Allies bombed the city several times, first the British and then the Americans. The most famous of this bombings is the so called "Saint Valentine raid", on february 14, 1945, and the U.S. Air Force bombed the city for the last time one month later, on march. The damages, however, were rather limited when compared to the destruction suffered by German cities.
Greetings from Pilsen. I am amazed by the restored quality of imagery and sounds. And your computer had to guess because the colors are not really stored in the original video in any way, right? One may see that they are sometimes impossibly changing 😂. There are so many videos I would love to see remastered like that.
To what extent were the AI tools used for enhancing of this video? And which parts were actually generated with the context of historical recordings? There are quite lot of AI artifacts in the videos. I appreciate your work, but would you give more technical details on how these videos were processed? Thanks a lot.
I recommend if you get the chance in life at christmas do the Prague budapest vienna triple christmas markets....hopefully with snow......it was like a fairy tale.
The rooftops should be most if not all red, the statues on the Charles bridge are made out of sandstone (except a Jesus on the cross) so they'll be either black or greyish, same with the lamposts I don't think they would have any other color than dark green or black.
Prague was liberated by American troops along with most of present day Czech Republic in World War II. But the Allies cut a deal with Stalin that divided up Europe between the Western Allies and the Communists. The US abandoned Prague and Czechoslovakia to the Soviets in return for the Soviets giving up Vienna and the chunk of eastern Austria which the Red Army had captured in the war. So Austria went into the Western bloc, and Czechoslovakia ended up in the Communist Soviet bloc until the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, after which it of course Czechoslovakia became a Western democratic nation again, and peacefully divided itself into the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the two halves are two totally different peoples and culture and didn't want to continue stuck with each other under one government. Also interesting is the statue of Jesus starting at 1:17. He is surrounded by Hebrew inscriptions which I'm sure had to be placed AFTER the Nazis were gone. I don't think the Nazis would ever have allowed Hebrew to be on display under their occupation. I can't make out most of the Hebrew and I'm not fluent, but over Jesus is the word Ha Rosh which literally means The Head (I guess alluding to the King?) though King in Hebrew is normally Melech.
Prague was liberated by the insurgents (that negotiated surrender and withdrawal of Germans) assited by Bunyachenkos ROA and later by the Red Army that cleared pockets of SS troops that refused the capitulation. Most of Czechia was liberated by Soviets, Romanians and Poles due to Spheres of influence agreed at Yalta conference. Americans had to stop at Karlovy Vary - Plzeň - České Budějovice demarcation line, even though they could have been to Prague faster. I have heard about two American POWs that assited the insurgensts in negotiating with Germans, and read about small reckon unit that passed through Prague (Alans War by Emmanuel Guibert - comics about Alan Ingram Cope war experience).
This is not accurate. The American troops coming from the West had to stop at Plzeň (Pilsen) and never reached Prague. The Soviet Red Army insisted that it has to be them who will "liberate" Prague. That's why we then had to suffer 40+ years of Soviet occupation until the Velvet Revolution in 1989.
@thehapagirl92 It was Bohemia, then became Czechoslovakia in 1918, then it became the Czech Republic. Not much information on the area when it was Bohemia.
@@thehapagirl92 Bohemia is the core (the western) part of Czechia. Bohemia was a kingdom since the 12th century to 1918. Czechia derives its identity from the lands of the Bohemian crown.
Are there some AI generated scenes from standalone vintage photos? It's quite unnatural how people walk between 4:10 and 5:00. And the passing tram distorting their faces is rather odd, too.
It's nice, I would also recomend short movie from 1908 Jizda Prahou otevřenou tramvají from Kříženecký - so you can compare it with Prague 40 years before this short movie. It's also available on youtube.
Still looks the same! With minor details like fashion, cars or construction sites, but the buildings and streets - you could have shot that video yesterday!
8:03 Texts on the sign. Just translate below: - Zastaví tě každý bek, máš-li prázdný žaludek. - Osvěžení v mléčném baru, dodá ti k finiši páru! - V kavárně se uklidníš, fůru košů nastřílíš! - Naše jídelna dostane vás do ligy!!! Navštivte podniky YMCA!!!
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Would You like to live back in the 1940s??
Yes, especially in 1940-44 Prague.
YMCA in prague in 1940???
You mean during the WW2 and then when bloody communists took over and started stealing and murdering and imprisoning free-minded people including war heroes? Halting any real development of the country for 40 years. Thak you, but no thank you. My grand parents lived through that era, they easily could have been on those shots living literally hundreds meters from Vodičkova street.
@@julianareich7802Especially in 1938-1945 Prague
Yes-in some aspects!
Thank god this jewel of a city made it through the war
nevertheless, it was bombed a few times by the americans
its still being bombed by mafias and tourists. the old town looks like disneyland. its really sad
@@defaultuser00000 no way u said theres mafia xd
Not entirely but yea we were very lucky. But then communists f*cked it up anyway
@@Zolik.well he maybe thinks about the politics who did allow themselves to keep their business open during covid because the company is registered as “foundation for kids”. It is the ham market at Staromak. And there are many of these cases just people don’t see it.
One day, I WILL RETURN to PRAGUE... Now I understand how Mozart loved it and Prague loved him! Very Special City! ♥♥♥♥
greetings from Prague 🙂
Yes, he was more popular in Prague than in his homeland Austria. That is why he loved Prague so much.
Simply the jewel of Europe.
So nice it's my country ☺️
Was
@@owengrant9066 Is. What else could be ?
@@adambenk0 Are you serious? do you live in a bubble? have you not noticed the complete collapse of western civilization? have you not noticed the increased crime rates and 3rd world you now live in surrounded by 3rd worlders?
@@owengrant9066 it’s true Prague was much more beautiful back then without all the modernity of today but I’m reacting to the video itself
Would have never expected to see video of my home town on this channel. ❤ Thx and cheers from Czech republic! 🇨🇿
Why ? Its channel literally for stuff like this and Prague is one of the most popular city in Europe
@@FilaStaryI bet you’re fun at a party!
@@kfkwAL7 funny as Sheldon Cooper 😄
Teda to je paráda, díky moc za video, jako rodilá Pražanka, která spatřila světlo světa dost let po válce, si film opravdu užívám! Ještě jednou, děkuji!
malo dekujete, jeste jednou podekujte a to s tema letama po valce bych taky zopakoval...
@@kajelvobot2634 spatne ses vyspal nebo vysral blbečku?
0:07 Charles bridge
0:21 St. Nicholas Church in Prague - Lesser Town
0:31 St. Vitus Cathedral
0:50 Old town Hall (damaged building in the foreground), Church of Our Lady before Týn (background)
0:59 Old town square, Jan Hus Memorial statue
1:34 View of St. Vitus Cathedral and Prague Castle from the Charles bridge
1:58 Statue of Saints Norbert of Xanten, Wenceslas and Sigismund on Charles Bridge
2:17 Statue of John of Nepomuk, Charles Bridge
2:44 High Court in Prague, 1300 Náměstí hrdinů
2:29 Old town Hall with destroyed Eastern wing (later torn down)
3:36 YMCA Headquarters, 12 Na Poříčí st., view from inside the city block
3:56 YMCA Headquarters, 12 Na Poříčí st., view from the street
Thx!! ;)!!
3:36 is the southern/rear wing of YMCA Headquarters inside the city block, you can see the letters on the blind wall. Nowadays the view is blocked by the Hilton hotel built in the 1990s.
@@Gosudar Thanks! Never seen that side of the building.
what is 2:28?
@@davidcermak9400 Oh my goodness, half of my comment with time marks got deleted! I don't understand why UA-cam is messing up comments like this. 2:30 is Old Town hall, with the view of the Eastern wing that was destroyed by fire after german troops were shooting at it just hours before German capitulation. After that, there is a view of YMCA Headquarters at Na Poříčí 12.
It's hard not to adore a smile from ~80 years ago
Even today, Prague still has the same look, similar to Paris. Well done film.
No. Not like Paris.
Paris is gone, never to be the same. Paris 2000 and Paris 2024 - its before and after.
Prague is still there.
No way you just compared Prague to frickin' Paris 💀
Miluju Prahu
Преди дни бях в прекрасната Прага. От тълпите туристи не може да се види и почувства в пълна степен красотата на града във вида, който е показан в архивните кадри. Благодаря за разходката в миналото. Сърдечно от България
Wow, this is really fascinating!
I live in Prague, so these images are particularly meaningful to me. It's so interesting to see all these well known places the way they were in 1946. Particularly the Old Town Hall being reconstructed (0:50) after it was severely damaged at the end of the Second World War.
And btw, Pražská YMKA (6:28) means Prague Y.M.C.A.
The banner at 7:57 contains a rhyming advertisement for the local cafe, milk bar and a restaurant where you can refresh yourself and reach your new fitness potential.
Hardly any ads on the streets. It's very soothing.
Always wondered how my country looked in those days (especially with colors). Thank you for making it possible ;) Greetings from Czechia!
Europe has really a beauty and an elegance that is unmatched
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@@BlueDogSlim 🥲
Antonín Dvořak´s great Grandson or one of many grandsons was a football player and footbal Trainer with great results
The titles in the end say that
Every medication will stop you if you have empty stomach
you will calm down in canteen and shoot a lot of baskets (baseball)
our canteen will put you into the league
refreshing in milk bar will give you "steam" (energy) for the finish
@@BlueDogSlim Prague is still beautiful
As much as I am a MAJOR fan of your videos of the beauty of the past and personally would love to see something about Philly (outside of a train) I swear you have a time machine. Still keep up the PHENOMENAL work.
Many thanks for your comment ;)
Thank you for another fantastic trip to the past! Your work never ceases to amaze me❤
Tak v téhle době bylo mojí mámě 15 let, narodila se na starém městě u Rotha....✨🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🧚🏽👋🏼✨
Moje babička byla ročník 1944 😊
@@HarmonSokar moje taky
Tohle ve mě vzbouzí nostalgii k časům, ve kterých jsem nikdy nežil.
Beautiful work on the remastering. You could step into it. Love the sound design.
Thx!!! ;)
Oh yes, excellent work!
Absolutely stunning how you have achieved this! Your work is wonderful and I so enjoy my time travels! ❤ 💐
Thx!! ;)
Zajímalo by mne, z jakého důvodu byl na Staroměstském náměstí vyvěšený smuteční prapor… Jinak je to nádhera, prosím více takových zrestaurovaných filmů z území Československa. ❤
Wenceslao Square, old tradicional buildings. Absolutely valuable material. Years after the World War II .unfortunately ,after 79 years,the world still is talking about wars.We have been incompetent History students 🤔. As always Historical footages. Thank you!👏👏💐
Thank you ;)))
Violence is a part of human nature. History is not a guide, but a story. Kindness and generosity is not the natural instinct of man.
@@SmithMrCorona I feel sorry for you and your thinking. Villains need people like you to continue the criminal behavior. I am really,really sorry for you!
Was this before the Soviet cancer?
Yes, 1946 was still a year of hope. The communist regime took over two years later in February 1948 under the direction of the Soviets, and the invasion was 20 years later.
@@yeniczek The influence of the communists and the Soviet empire was already too great in the years 1945 - 1948.
@@breznik1197 Yep, but in 46, ordinary people could still hope for a great future.
Yes. But after the German ebola.
@@mareksykora779 The Nazi cancer has in common with the Soviet cancer that it caused millions and millions of deaths...
Zlaté záběry. Uchovávejte je, prosím,pro ty co přijdou po nás. Děkuji. 👍🍀❤️
ted jsme je smazali sorry
po nas uz prijdu len naprosti dementi. staci sa pozriet na liptardov a ich decka.
Very beautiful, NASS. Thank you!
Thank you;))
I was born and raised in Prague and sometimes I dream about seeing the city during those times. They were hard times, but we also have our challenges. We may be blessed enough not to have war, but the spark of the city is largely gone with capitalism and excess tourism, all the McDonald's, Starubcks, Primarks and other shit that noone really needs. We are so disconnected from all the beauty that Prague once was. But with that being said, it still remains one of the most beautiful, as well as one of the most green cities in all of Europe. Thank you for this beautiful video.
Great video nass, incredible footage, beautiful work 👍👌😀
Thx!! ;)
What a beautiful film. The color and resolution are spectacular.
I am going to watch it again.
Thank you Nass for taking us on this incredible journey.
You never fail to impress.
Thank you ;)))
Recovery software is amazing today.. Super video!
2:30 such a sad sight of the old town hall that they bombed, that wing is gone, only the tower was restored.
and the wing was so beautiful! 😥
This was so well done I thought it was filmed in color. Great restoration.
Thx!!!!!!!
Your work just gets better 👍
Thx!! ;)
i wish i had a time machine and go back to the 1940s and see all the old houses and what the people wear it was a simple time who wants to go with me give me a hell yah
old houses are still there
I wish I could go back to that time as well. I know life wasn't easy for most but I'd prefer it to today's life.. ❤
I'd love to go with you! We'd have to get some 1940s clothes first though, put on a fancy hat, have some old currency to spend a day or two incognito, yeah!
Btw, we were there in the 90s, the trams/trolleycars were still old fashioned, it was simply marvellous to take a ride!❤️
40s were the worst time period in human history, you don't really want to travel there, I would stay in 30s. 🙂
These images looks so well done it looks like it was filmed yesterday.
Tom Sisson
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I envy your patience and attention to detail.
Really amazing restoration, well done !
thank you very much
Really enjoy your channel. Just great stuff.
Same💯💯
It’s fantastic
Thank you ;))
My beautiful hometown!! Thank you for this video.
Nass.😌 When I need a break from daily stressors, this is still one of my favorite go to channels. ❤
thank you very much
This world is a fleeting momentary journey…
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I can't believe that my grandpa was born during that time. His birth certificate literally says born in Protektorát Čechy a Morava which is crazy for me as it is something we've been taught in history class. He is now 80 years old.
Why do why find it that strange?
Well, anyway, my Grandpa has been born in II RP (i mean Poland) in Lwów [or Lviv; so the city that used to be Polish - now its Ukrainian]. And now i live in Wrocław [Breslau - the city, that used to be German and its Polish today].
A lot has happened in Europe last 100 years indeed.
@@krowaswieta7944 Because it's something we were taught in school and yet I still have living ancestors that were born in that era.
@@janjindrak3448 Well, history surrounds us. Just 30 years ago we had Czechoslovakia - yet still some perceive it as almost prehistory. A little bit more than 100 years ago Czechoslovakia was part of Austro-Hungary. And you see, in all of capitals of the countries that once were Austro-Hungary, you can see statues or monuments dedicated to Maria Theresa - in Ljubljana, Budapest, obviously Wien, Prague, Bratyslava...
@@janjindrak3448 my great-grandma, who lived nearly a hundred years, and whom I still remember talking to as a little kid, was born in Prague in 1880. So, as a young lady she might have been meeting Antonin Dvorak when walking around the city.... Hard to believe, too
This is beautiful
This is the only historical footage channel I've found that isn't inundated with racist/bigoted comments. Thanks for remastering old footage.
Beautiful architecture on many of the buildings. Think I spotted some bomb damage as well.
" It's fun to stay at the YMCA ". Such a beautiful city. Thanks again NASS 👍
thank you very much
Moc zajimavé, díky..)
Wonderful video! I loved exploring Prague. It was never bombed in WWII, so all the old buildings are still intact. The Catholic Hapsburgs presided in the castle, but a lot of Protestants and Jews lived on the other side of the river. A lot of diversity and cultural creativity there over the centuries.
Sadly it was bombed (as you can actually see on the state of the town hall in 0:50 and 2:37). But the bombings were rather small compared to other Europan cities, that's true.
@@petrdv.6185 I think it was not bombed, but nazis burnt it when they were running away.
The nazis did It? Well, how convenient, right? The truth is the Allies bombed the city several times, first the British and then the Americans. The most famous of this bombings is the so called "Saint Valentine raid", on february 14, 1945, and the U.S. Air Force bombed the city for the last time one month later, on march. The damages, however, were rather limited when compared to the destruction suffered by German cities.
it was bombed by the US. They mistook Prague for Dresden.
US planes bombed Prague on February 14th 1945. Backup plan for Dresden. 700 killed, 1200 wounded. This video shows two bombed places.
The thing that strikes me the most is how small number of people were there on the streets
Спасибо! С огромным удовольствием посмотрел. :)
Prague one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
Greetings from Pilsen. I am amazed by the restored quality of imagery and sounds. And your computer had to guess because the colors are not really stored in the original video in any way, right? One may see that they are sometimes impossibly changing 😂. There are so many videos I would love to see remastered like that.
Great video super NASS Prague was most beautiful city in Europe big support from Croatia
Thx bro!!
Thank God Prague survived the war. Now, it's upon us to preserve this gem.
it's crazy how after 80 years this part looks almost identical
I worked in the Prazka YMCA building
To what extent were the AI tools used for enhancing of this video? And which parts were actually generated with the context of historical recordings? There are quite lot of AI artifacts in the videos. I appreciate your work, but would you give more technical details on how these videos were processed? Thanks a lot.
Mojí babičte v roce 1940 bylo 17.let a byla totálně nasazená v Raichu kde musela pracovat 16h denně.
Teď to zažíváme v Amazonu.
In time 2:44 is The Supreme Court building in Prague. I've lived on this street since I was born. The building still stands and is still the same 😀
I recommend if you get the chance in life at christmas do the Prague budapest vienna triple christmas markets....hopefully with snow......it was like a fairy tale.
city looks glorious without 2000000 tourists in the way
to je nádhera, díky
V té době pochybuji, že by byl na pozadí takový ruch.
přečti si to v nazvu videa.
Pěkná práce 👍
The rooftops should be most if not all red, the statues on the Charles bridge are made out of sandstone (except a Jesus on the cross) so they'll be either black or greyish, same with the lamposts I don't think they would have any other color than dark green or black.
The places shown honestly haven't changed much :))
Apart from the clothes and cars it is nearly identical to today… love my city!
Prague was liberated by American troops along with most of present day Czech Republic in World War II. But the Allies cut a deal with Stalin that divided up Europe between the Western Allies and the Communists. The US abandoned Prague and Czechoslovakia to the Soviets in return for the Soviets giving up Vienna and the chunk of eastern Austria which the Red Army had captured in the war. So Austria went into the Western bloc, and Czechoslovakia ended up in the Communist Soviet bloc until the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, after which it of course Czechoslovakia became a Western democratic nation again, and peacefully divided itself into the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the two halves are two totally different peoples and culture and didn't want to continue stuck with each other under one government.
Also interesting is the statue of Jesus starting at 1:17. He is surrounded by Hebrew inscriptions which I'm sure had to be placed AFTER the Nazis were gone. I don't think the Nazis would ever have allowed Hebrew to be on display under their occupation. I can't make out most of the Hebrew and I'm not fluent, but over Jesus is the word Ha Rosh which literally means The Head (I guess alluding to the King?) though King in Hebrew is normally Melech.
Thank you for this important info about history.
Prague was liberated by the insurgents (that negotiated surrender and withdrawal of Germans) assited by Bunyachenkos ROA and later by the Red Army that cleared pockets of SS troops that refused the capitulation.
Most of Czechia was liberated by Soviets, Romanians and Poles due to Spheres of influence agreed at Yalta conference.
Americans had to stop at Karlovy Vary - Plzeň - České Budějovice demarcation line, even though they could have been to Prague faster.
I have heard about two American POWs that assited the insurgensts in negotiating with Germans, and read about small reckon unit that passed through Prague (Alans War by Emmanuel Guibert - comics about Alan Ingram Cope war experience).
This is not accurate. The American troops coming from the West had to stop at Plzeň (Pilsen) and never reached Prague. The Soviet Red Army insisted that it has to be them who will "liberate" Prague. That's why we then had to suffer 40+ years of Soviet occupation until the Velvet Revolution in 1989.
Why would they disallow any language on display? They allowed synagogues to exist and operate during the war even in Germany.
Do not lie.
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Would like to, but the colors are bad. It's auto colored. It surely wasn't so Grey and dark. Many colors mismatch
I am from india living in germany and I wanna visit this city someday. Its beautiful
Bude to tak rok 1946 - 1947 max. 48, ale spíš 1946. Kde jste sehnal ty záběry?
ten ambient v pozadí mi strašně připomíná první mafii
NASS! Thanks Much!
Thank you bro
Amazing! Thanks for this video.
Thx!!
It's funny....my people came here in the 1880's from Bohemia.
I can't find any books on the history of Bohemia.
Wtf is Bohemia?
@thehapagirl92 It was Bohemia, then became Czechoslovakia in 1918, then it became the Czech Republic.
Not much information on the area when it was Bohemia.
@@thehapagirl92 Bohemia is the core (the western) part of Czechia. Bohemia was a kingdom since the 12th century to 1918. Czechia derives its identity from the lands of the Bohemian crown.
Old Czechia@@thehapagirl92
@@breznik1197 Bohemia is just latin name for Czech lands, part of Czech kingdom.
I wish I could experience driving car in Prague at the time, not so much today :)
Great work 👏
Lovely as always Nass 👍👍👍
Thx!!
Super video thx and Prague its nearly same today Good day to you from Czech Republic
Thx!!
Je to viborne a hlavne ceske.👍👏
Are there some AI generated scenes from standalone vintage photos? It's quite unnatural how people walk between 4:10 and 5:00. And the passing tram distorting their faces is rather odd, too.
Skvělá práce ! :))
It's nice, I would also recomend short movie from 1908 Jizda Prahou otevřenou tramvají from Kříženecký - so you can compare it with Prague 40 years before this short movie. It's also available on youtube.
BRAVO, pour ce superbe travail
Un grand merci !
Splendid
To je krásný ❤️
And all those peoples are just no more... they are dust...
My grandma could be one of those kids running around :) And she is still well. Six y.o. at the time.
Not really. You do realize babies and kids from this time are still alive right?
Most people born before 1940 are.
So unusual to see the Charles bridge with no frickin’ tourists
Out of all possible Prague, why was the director so fascinated with the YMKA shop that he considered it more important than all of Prague?
Beautiful video!
Thx!!
super-..díky
Úžásné, děkujeme 😍
Thx ;))
Stunning 😮
;))
Ty záběry jsou tak čisté, jako by to točil současný mobil.
How DID YOU GET THIS
Do you think the author of the video knew that in 80 years 150k people would watch his video?
Still looks the same! With minor details like fashion, cars or construction sites, but the buildings and streets - you could have shot that video yesterday!
This was rather splendid.
Krása. Děkuji❤
Už žádné další války prosím.
Count the fingers to be sure this isn't AI created.
Real footage ;)
8:03 Texts on the sign. Just translate below:
- Zastaví tě každý bek, máš-li prázdný žaludek.
- Osvěžení v mléčném baru, dodá ti k finiši páru!
- V kavárně se uklidníš, fůru košů nastřílíš!
- Naše jídelna dostane vás do ligy!!! Navštivte podniky YMCA!!!