Hostina Obru (Feast of Giants)
During World War II, Liberec became the epicenter of the German nationalist movement in Czechia. From 1938 until the end of the war, the city was part of Nazi Germany.
?erný’s bus shelter pays homage to Liberec’s complicated history. “Hostina Obru,” or “Feast of Giants,” is in the shape of a table, with an array of representative items atop it. A toppled menorah sits between Czech and German beer steins. A vase stands full of carnivorous Venus flytraps, poised to swallow the insects in their jaws. Lastly, a human head lays cheek down on a dinner plate alongside traditional Liberec sausages, pierced by a fork and knife. This is the head of Konrad Henlein, a Czech politician who acted as Hitler’s puppet while the Nazi party annexed Sudetenland.
