What's in a Prague street name

Marie Cibulkové was built in 1900.

Until 1940, and again from 1945 to 1947, the street was called Libušina, as nearby https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/23/prague-2-day-93-libusina/ still is.

Marie Cibulková was born as Marie Grasserová in 1888. In 1920, she became a leader of the Pankrác Sokol (see https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/08/26/prague-2-day-114-sokolska/), as well as a representative of the Sokols at the Prague-wide level.

She was also a member of the Czech National Socialist Party, which, despite its somewhat familiar name, was located on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

Cibulková lived on Sinkulova in Nusle – coming up tomorrow – and, when World War Two broke out, she arranged shelter for participants in the anti-Nazi resistance (and their weapons).

Among those she helped were Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík, who carried out the famous assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 (https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/09/01/prague-2-day-149-gorazdova/).

In June 1944, Cibulková was arrested; after being subject to brutal torture, she was executed in Dresden on 10 October, aged 55.