Once one of the great cosmopolitan centres of Europe, with a rich architectural and cultural heritage reflecting centuries of steady Czech, Jewish and Habsburg influence, Prague was brutally remade in both culture and architecture by the German occupation.

In the streets and markets, the universities and theatres, the churches and chapels, only German is allowed to be spoken - and with every passing generation the memories of the past fade further and further into murky obscurity.

Despite the brutality of the occupation, however, Prague's industrial output has only increased, and in recent years has become an increasingly important logistical and technological centre for the Reich as a whole - reflecting its increasingly integrated role with both the nation and its cultural continuum.