Magic Lantern in Former Czechoslovakia
A theater bearing the name Magic Lantern is was also located in the former Czechoslovakia, and served as one of the principal meeting places during the Velvet Revolution in which the country overthrew their governing communist regime in favor of democracy. The Magic Lantern has been described as headquarters to the Czech part of the revolution.
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