{"id":69523,"date":"2021-05-11T11:39:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T11:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=69523"},"modified":"2021-05-19T07:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T07:21:48","slug":"skoda-hispano-suiza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/skoda-hispano-suiza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160koda Hispano-Suiza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

95 years ago, the first President of Czechoslovakia, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Garrigue Masaryk, received a new official car. As a co-founder of the country, he assumed the presidency in 1918 and held the post until 1935. His background was far from such an office. He came from a poor family and worked his way up. After studying in Vienna, from which he graduated with a habilitation, he became a philosophy professor in Prague at the age of only 32. At the same time, as a member of the Viennese parliament, he campaigned for the democratization of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. As a deeply religious Protestant, he demanded a clear separation between church and state and also campaigned against anti-Semitism. He had to flee into exile during World War 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Masaryk visited the \u0160koda plant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During this time in France, Great Britain, Russia and the USA, Masaryk found many supporters of the idea of an independent state called Czechoslovakia. He founded exile armies in France and Russia. On October 28, 1918, the Austro-Hungarian government finally accepted the conditions for ending the war. These also provided for the secession of Czechoslovakia, making this day the foundation day of the state. Tom\u00e1\u0161 Garrigue Masaryk returned from exile in the back seat of a flower-bedecked open Laurin & Klement Type M and assumed his presidency. On May 3, 1919, he visited the car factory of V\u00e1clav Laurin and V\u00e1clav Klement in Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav. There he signed the town’s book of honor and called for the development of affordable cars for the people.<\/p>\n\n\n

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