Ŝtupoj de teruro, Memorial stairs near Svornost mine in Jáchymov, Czech Republic.
Schody hrůzy is a wooden replica of a 270-step staircase that linked the Svornost mine shaft to a labour camp on the slope above in Jáchymov. The steps rise at 25–28°, a gradient of about 50 percent, and form part of the Jáchymovské peklo educational trail.
Built in the early 1950s, the 270 wooden steps linked the Svornost shaft to the eponymous labour camp on the slope above, which prisoners climbed daily to and from uranium mining. Nothing of the original survives; a replica was built around 2000 by the Barbora mining association, later replaced by another after it decayed.
The name "Stairs of Horror" comes from the 270 steep wooden steps that prisoners had to climb daily between the Svornost shaft and the camp above. The site is now part of the Jáchymov Hell educational trail, and the replica was built by the PolitičtíVězni.cz association.
The replica staircase is part of the Jáchymovské peklo educational trail above the Svornost shaft. Its 270 wooden steps climb at 25–28°, roughly a 50 percent slope, so the ascent is steep and demands fitness. The first replica, built around 2000 by the Barbora mining association, decayed; the present one was later erected by PolitičtíVězni.cz with other institutions and individuals.
The original staircase left no trace; the present wooden steps are a replica, first built around 2000 by the Barbora mining association and later replaced by the PolitičtíVězni.cz group after the first version decayed.
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