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Rev. Dr. Norbert Capek was introduced to Unitarianism when he was in the United
States. After the 1st World War, he returned to Prague and with the help of
American friends started a free church which grew in size and popularity.
The Czechoslovak Unitarian Association was formed on June 30, 1930 and
recognized by the government on the same day.
The founder and first minister was the Rev. Norbert Capek, who died as a martyr
in a Nazi concentration camp in 1942. Dr. Capek, writer, lecturer, composer of
Unitarian hymns is known to many as the person who, in 1923, created the Flower
Communion, a service that is carried out in Unitarian churches all over the
world.
Since its beginnings the Czech Unitarian Association has had friendly contacts
with Unitarians all over the world and is a member of IARF as well as a founding
member of ICUU.
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