Figure 1.--Long stockings were widely worn in Czechoslovakia. Here we see a 9-year old Czech boy in 1941. Of course in 1941, Czechoslovakia no longer existed, having been dismembered by NAZI Germany in 1938-39. The boy is rather well dressed for the World war II era.

We believe that long stockings were quite commonly worn in Czechoslovakia. We believe that hosiery trends were quite similar with those in Austria and Germany. This includes both the 19th century when what became Czechoslovakia was ruled by Austria and becme part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Hosiery conventions seem to have continued to be similar to Germany and Austria after World war I when the country became independent. This probably reflects both cultural ties as well as economic ties with Austria abd Germany. We know that long stockings were still worn in Czechoslovakia after World war II, We are not sure just when they disappeared, but suspect that the time line followed that of East Germany rather thn West Germany. We do not yet have sufficent data to address this topic in detail. Here is an example of long stockings in tee country. Here we see a 9-year old boy in 1941. Of course in 1941, Czechoslovakia no longer existed, having been dismembered by NAZI Germany in 1938-39. The boy is rather well dressed for the World war II era. Czechoslovakia was one of the countries plundered by the NAZIs. The boy wears a woolen pullover sweater with an open-necked shirt. He wears tweed short trousers with tan long stockings, obviously held up by supporters. Note the T-strap sandals. This example also gives us a good idea of the length of long stockings in the early 40s. He seems to be sitting on an overturned farm container of some sort in a field. Long stockings in Czechoslovakia seem to been similar to those worn in Germany.

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