Statue of Czechoslovakia’s second president unveiled in Brno

A statue commemorating Czechoslovakia’s second president, Edvard Beneš, was unveiled in Brno on Saturday, in front of Masaryk University’s law faculty. The ceremony took place with around 500 people in attendance; Brno’s mayor, Roman Onderka, called Mr Beneš one of the most important figures in Czechoslovak history. The sculpture is a copy of a statue by Karel Dvořák which stands in front of Prague’s Černín Palace, the seat of the Foreign Ministry. The copy cost 1.6 million crowns to produce. The project was long sought by members of the community of Czechoslovak legionaries, as well as the Association of Czechoslovak Aviators 1938-1945.

Author: Jan Velinger