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The cemetery dates from 1885 although it was at first smaller than its current size of 10 hectares (25 acres). Over time the land has been extended three times. It ranks second by number of persons buried there. In terms of area,
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during the war. Hacha had become ill and died on 27 June at the prison hospital in Pankrác. Hácha's grave was unmarked for many years but there is now a large but simple gravestone.
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Former President Emil Hácha's burial was performed here under heavy security on 1 July 1945 when the Minister of the Interior,
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and is registered in the state list of cultural monuments. The remains of two Czech presidents are in this cemetery.
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The cemetery and the crematorium are listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. As part of the
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at the cemetery was attended by several heads of state and followed by three days of national mourning.
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was buried here in 1996. Havel was cremated at Strasnice Crematorium in a family ceremony; his
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designed the simple chapel here which is near the entrance. This chapel is dedicated to
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Famous political dissident and the first president of the Czech Republic,
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initiative this cemetery was opened to the public in September 2012.
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of May 1945 as well as a memorial to the children killed during the
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Kosina, Evžen Veselý ; translation Vladimír (1992).
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Praha 10 spouští QRpedii. Památky označkuje QR kódy
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Prague
Coordinates
50°04′35″N 14°28′52″E / 50.0763°N 14.4811°E / 50.0763; 14.4811
City of Prague
Czech Republic
Czech
Vinohrady
Prague 10
Strašnice Crematorium
Prague
Ďáblice Cemetery
Antonín Turek
St. Wenceslas
St. Wenceslas Church
Vršovice
Prague Uprising
German occupation of Prague
Second World War
Strašnice Crematorium

Václav Havel
Víťazoslav Cintula
Jaroslav Foglar
Julius Fučík
Otto Gutfreund
Emil Hácha
Václav Havel
Jan Karafiát
Egon Kisch

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