Monument to the victims of communism

The Monument to the Victims of Communism is a multisculptural allegorical composition placed at the foot of Petřín Hill in the Small Town of Prague. This memorial was erected in honor of the victims of the totalitarian regime of 1948-1988. The monument was opened in 2002, its authors are sculptor Albram Zubek and architects Zdenek Holzel and Jan Kerel.

The sculptural composition consists of 7 bronze figures, which are depicted going down the stairs. Each successive statue is more “shattered” than the previous one: first the limbs are “lost”, then there are fractures in the bodies, and in the end it seems that the person gradually dissolved. The monument symbolizes the suffering of political prisoners during the period of communist rule. In the center is an inscription indicating how many people were arrested, deported, died in prisons, killed while fleeing, executed in those years. A bronze tablet placed next to it explains to whom this monument is dedicated.