The Memorial to the Victims of Communism at the foot of Petřín is the work of sculptor Olbram Zoubek and was unveiled in May 2002.
The inscription says:
Victims of Communism 1948 – 1989.
205,486 convicted – 248 executed – 4,500 died in prisons – 327 died at the border – 170,938 citizens emigrated.
The memorial is in the Alley of the Victims of Totalitarianism (Alej obětí totality), near the bottom of the Hunger Wall. This was built by Charles IV in the mid-14th century to strengthen the defence of the Castle and the Lesser Town against attacks by enemies from the west and south.
In those years there was a famine in Bohemia, so it was said that the wall was built to feed the hungry inhabitants of Prague by working on it, which is why it is called the Hunger Wall. However, the real reason for its creation is that defensive function.
(The photo with the moon behind the clouds is a view from the monument towards the river and across the bridge to the National Theater and Národní třída.)
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