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History of the holiday

On November 17, 1939 the fascists, having surrounded the student dormitory of the University of Prague, took about 1200 students captive to a concentration camp. On the same day, according to reports, nine students were executed. The University of Prague was closed, and the building was used by the occupying German forces. By order of Hitler, all universities in Czechoslovakia were closed until the end of the war. The students tried to resist this violence. On the same day, an anti-fascist student coalition was formed with a demonstration organized in the streets of Prague. Two years later, in 1941 students from different European countries decided at the International Student Council in London to celebrate November 17 as International Students' Day, based on the fight against fascism. Later, in the second half of the 1980s, students in Prague began to celebrate this day as Independence Day. In 1989 The November 17 rally marked the beginning of the nonviolent revolution in Czechoslovakia.

Today, November 17 is considered a day of symbolic unification of students, celebrated in many countries of the world, including Armenia.