{"id":8168,"date":"2025-12-10T16:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bremer-buendnis.de\/2025\/12\/10\/the-collision-of-freedom-in-prague\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:34:44","slug":"the-collision-of-freedom-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bremer-buendnis.de\/en\/2025\/12\/10\/the-collision-of-freedom-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Collision of Freedom” in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The exhibition was opened in Prague in the Lucerna Passage on September 27, 2025. It was thus exhibited in a place that is closely linked to the history of jazz and swing in the Czech Republic. Lucerna was considered the most important cultural and social centre of Prague – countless concerts, balls, meetings, conferences, fashion shows and sporting events took place here. Josephine Baker and Louis Armstrong, among others, also performed there. The Czech swing youths, the Pot\u00e1pky, met here for dance events.<\/p>

The Lucerna Passage is still very popular today thanks to its location directly on Wenceslas Square. Many cultural events such as concerts and movie screenings still take place here. For around two weeks until October 12, 2025, passers-by were able to immerse themselves in the history of the persecution of jazz musicians and swing dancers. As the exhibition is available in both Czech and English, it appealed to locals and tourists alike.<\/p>

The project partners from the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany came together for the exhibition opening on the afternoon of September 27 to talk about their historical research. This was followed by interviews that focused even more strongly on certain topics. Historian Petr Koura spoke about the significance of the Lucerna Passage in the interwar period. Project manager Natalie Reinsch took a closer look at the fate of two swing girls from Hamburg who were deported to the Ravensbr\u00fcck concentration camp for women. Curator Micha\u0142 Miego\u0144 emphasized the role of jazz for the persecuted musicians as a space of freedom in an unfree world. Historian \u0160\u00e1rka Jarsk\u00e1 linked the musical careers of icons Inka Zem\u00e1nkov\u00e1 and Edita Fischerov\u00e1 to the occupation.<\/p>

A very personal story was told by historian Petr Bja\u010dek, whose grandmother Alena Dobi\u0161arov\u00e1 lived as a young woman during the Second World War. The history of the Czech Pot\u00e1pky is also described in the exhibition. Alena Dobi\u0161arov\u00e1 survived the Second World War, but her first love, the swing youth ‘Bobin’, did not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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