Antonie Pokorná

Biography

Antonie Pokorná (1874–1961) was a Czech woman who lived through nearly nine decades of her nation's history. She witnessed the transformation of Czech society from the Austro-Hungarian period through the twentieth century, experiencing the profound changes that shaped modern Bohemia.

Pokorná's long life spanned a remarkable period of Czech national development and cultural evolution. She is remembered in the Cemetery in Rakovník, where she was laid to rest and where her memory endures as part of the community's heritage.