Jan Hus

“ July 6 means to the Bohemians almost as much as July 4 to the Americans. On that day in the year 1415 John Hus, national hero of Bohemia, was burned at the stake in the City of Constance on the Rhine after he had been condemned as heretic by the Council of Constance. To the world at large Hus is known as a religious reformer, but by Bohemians of every belief he is admired and honored principally as the champion of the Czech people against the onslaughts of German Kultur. ”