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Bergen, the German name for the village of Perná
Blatná, Kotgasse (Mud Lane), today Körnerova Street, in the part of Brno currently known as the Brno-Bronx
Deutsches Haus, the German House, a building that until 1945 stood in the middle of the park near Moravské náměstí and was the cultural center of German Brno
Eichhorner Straße, today Veveří Street
Französische Straße, Francouzská Street; 1918–1939, it included the western section of the street known today as Milada Horáková Street; during the war, the current Francouzská (French Street) was named Franz-Schubert-Straße (Franz Schubert Street)
Horst-Wessel-Straße, today Husová Street
Jakobskirche, Church of St. James
Köffillergasse, today Stará Street
Kotgasse, today Körnerova Street; 1918–1939 Blatná Street; 1940–1946 Schöllerova Street
Mendelplatz, today Mendlovo náměstí (Mendel Square)
Ponawkagasse, today Ponávka Street
Pressburger Straße, today Bratislavská Street
Rathausplatz, today Dominikánské náměstí (Dominican Square); 1952–1990 náměstí Družby národů (Friendship Among Nations Square)
Ratwitplatz, today Žerotínovo náměstí (Žerotín Square)
Richard-Wagner-Platz, today Malinovského náměstí (Malinovsky Square) with the National Theater of Brno, formerly called the German City Theater
Schöllergasse, today Körnerova Street; see Kotgasse
Silniční (in German Strassengasse), today Hybešova Street
Stadthofplatz, today Šilingrovo náměstí (Šilinger Square)
Sterngasse, today Hvězdová Street
Wiener Straße, today Vídeňská Street
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Photo © 2012 Vojtěch Vlk
Kateřina Tučková is a Czech playwright, publicist, biographer, art historian, exhibition curator, and bestselling author of Gerta and The Žítková Goddesses. She has won several literary awards, including the Magnesia Litera Award (for both Gerta and The Žítková Goddesses), the Brno City Award for literature, the Josef Škvorecký Award, and the Czech Bestseller Award. Kateřina is also the recipient of the Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Award by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, and of the Premio Libro d’Europa at the Book Fair in Salerno, Italy. Between 2015 and 2018, she was a founder and first president of the Meeting Brno festival, focusing on international and intercultural dialogue. Kateřina Tučková currently lives in Prague and Brno, Czech Republic. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages. Gerta is her first to be translated into English. In December 2020, her novel Bílá Voda will be published in Czech. For more information, visit www.katerina-tuckova.cz/en/.
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR
Photo © 2013 Steve J. Sherman
Born in Switzerland to Czech parents, the late pianist Rudolf Firkusny and his wife, Tatiana, Véronique Firkusny grew up in a trilingual, musical household that sparked a lifelong passion for language, literature, and music. She translates primarily from Czech to English, and her most recently published English translation is Daniela Hodrová’s novel A Kingdom of Souls, cotranslated with Elena Sokol. Forthcoming publications include, in collaboration with Elena Sokol, Daniela Hodrová’s Puppets. Firkusny serves as the executive director of the Avery Fisher Artist Program of Lincoln Center and also coaches opera singers in Czech diction. A graduate of Barnard College, where she received a BA in Italian literature, she resides in New York City.