Prison Camp & Brewery

Last Thursday we left on a road trip to Cesky Krumlov and made a few stops along the way. The first was Pribram Hard Labor Camp Memorial, where in the 1950's the communist government sent anyone who was politically active and against communism, in order to "reeducate" them. The living conditions were horrid and the prisoners were forced to mine uranium in the nearby mines, a pretty hard core job, especially for the artists, preachers, politicians and teachers who had no mining knowledge or experience. Here you can see the double barbed wire fence, watchtower, and the carts for uranium. The prisoners had fill up 8 of these things as their daily mining quota. 

The work camp was sort of intense, so our next stop was a brewery. The Platan Brewery is a family owned operation that has been in business since 1598. We got free samples of course which were pretty good, however I have yet to see this type of beer served in any restaurant or bar.

 

Shiney beer brewer thing.

Lots of bottles in action. Sort of reminded me of Sesame Street when they'd show how crayons were made or whatnot. :)