Terezin Fortress, originally built in the 19th century to protect the Czech's from the Prussians but taken over by the Nazi's as a police prison and later a transit camp where over 2500 died. Perhaps the height of nazi depravity was to turn the larger section of the fortress into a model town with actors to show to the world via Red Cross and film how well the Jews were being looked after. The actors were then moved on to Auschwitz.
A less traumatic part of Czech history is the saving of the Kladruby horse line. Originally bred for nobility the herds were confiscated after WWII although a small herd of whites was maintained it was intended to liquidate the blacks. However in the 1930's a small remnant of blacks was rediscovered and the breed was revitalised.
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