Czechoslovakia's Fall from Grace

The world literally watched a thriving democracy get erased from the map overnight. Back in the twenties

and thirties, Czechoslovakia was actually a global powerhouse. We are talking about

avant-garde Cubist art, massive Functionalist villas like Tugendhat, and a top-tier economy

producing everything from cars to contact lenses. People were living their best lives

in jazz clubs and cinemas. But then the Great Depression hit, and everything crumbled.

Hitler rose to power, and the allies at the Munich Conference betrayed the country, handing over territory

just to avoid war. It didn't work. By March 1939, the Nazis marched into Prague,

turning a free republic into a protectorate. It is terrifying how fast a golden age can turn into