Monument to the victims of the 2nd St. war

Mourning woman with a linden branch and a hood on her head. This is a sandstone statue of the sculptor Jan Růžička on the memorial to the victims of the 2nd St. war in Žďár nad Sázavou. 94 names are commemorated on the monument, although the number of Žďár victims was probably slightly higher. The monument was ceremonially unveiled on October 28, 1947 at the cemetery between Jamská and Novoměstská streets. Here, however, he had to give way to the widening street and road to New...