Commemorative plaques

COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES

BEDŘICH VÁCLAV
A commemorative plaque to Václav Bedřich, director, screenwriter, artist and one of the founding figures of Czech animated film, located on his birthplace at 85 Ondrákova Street, was unveiled on 22 December 2021. 

DRDA JAN
The commemorative plaque was due to be unveiled on 3 April 2020 to mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of the writer and journalist Jan Drda. Due to anti-Covid measures, the commemorative plaque was unveiled at his birthplace at No. 254, Žižkova Street on 27 November 2020. 

FRANTIŠEK
DRTIKOL A commemorative plaque dedicated to the world-renowned Czech photographer and Příbram native František Drtikol was unveiled in the old section of the Příbram cemetery to mark the 65th anniversary of his death on 13 January 2026.

HLINOMAZ JOSEF
A commemorative plaque located on the building of the secondary grammar school (now Jiráskovy sady Primary School), which was attended by the actor, painter, illustrator and writer Josef Hlinomaz.

HOLICKÝ JAN
A commemorative plaque situated in the foyer of the main town hall building was unveiled on 3 November 2017 to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Ing. Jan Holický, who, during the Heydrich terror, held the post of chairman of the administrative commission, and was thus the city’s highest-ranking official. In connection with the Heydrich terror, he was arrested and subsequently deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was tortured to death on 4 November 1942.

KUČERA FRÁŇA
A commemorative plaque honouring a prominent figure in Příbram’s cultural life, the poet and writer Fráňa Kučera, who worked as a mine foreman in the mines at Březové Hory, located on Pražská Street on the building at No. 129.

ŠÁRA VÁCLAV
A commemorative plaque to the academic sculptor Václav Šára was unveiled at his birthplace at No. 142 Dlouhá Street to mark the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak Republic on 26 October 2021.

TÝRLOVÁ HERMÍNA
A commemorative plaque dedicated to the animator, screenwriter, director and co-founder of Czech animated film, Hermína Týrlová, was unveiled at her birthplace at 128 Rožmitálská Street to mark the 30th anniversary of her death on 3 May 2023.

FRANTIŠEK
ZÁVORKA A commemorative plaque in honour of František Závorka was unveiled at his birthplace to mark the 80th anniversary of his death. František Závorka, a hero of the anti-Nazi resistance during the Second World War, an officer in the Czechoslovak Army-in-Exile and commander of the ‘Antimony’ paratrooper unit, gave his life on 16 January 2023 in Rovensko pod Troskami.

STOLPERSTEINE – STONES OF THE DISAPPEARED

The first Stumbling Stones were unveiled in Příbram on 7 May 2025 as part of the May commemorative events organised in the town to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia. The ceremonial unveiling of six stones dedicated to the Edelstein family, followed by a gathering to honour the memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the memorial in Friendship Park, took place in the presence of the town’s leadership, descendants of the family, representatives of the Jewish Community in Prague and other invited guests.