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Egon Erwin Kisch

1885–1948Local figure

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

Performed here
Café Montmartre
Kisch demonstrated modern dances, remembered as an early Prague tango, at Montmartre.
Studied here
Carolinum
The medieval university headquarters became a battleground over who controlled learning in Bohemia. The 1409 Kutná Hora Decree gave the Czech university nation dominant voting power, prompting many foreign masters and students to leave Prague and helping transform the university into a centre of Hussite politics.
Created here
Former Prager Tagblatt Offices
Kisch began his professional reporting career in this building in 1906.
Lived here
House at the Two Golden Bears
Kisch was born and raised in the house, where his family also operated a cloth shop.

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