International Students Day 17 November:

International Students day observes the anniversary of the 1939 Nazi storming of the University of Prague which finishes up in the death of 9 students and professors. International Students Day is commemorating annually on November 17th as an international ceremony of the student community. 

On the 28th of October 1939‚, a demonstration in Prague held by students of the Medical Faculty of Charles University to honor the anniversary of the independence of the Czechoslovak Republic was intimidated by the Nazi establishments in Czechoslovakia. A student‚ Jan Opletal was shot during the demonstration and died on November 11th. His funeral procession‚ accompanied by thousands of students‚ turned out to be an anti-Nazi demonstration. The Nazis had taken the following strong measures in response to this. 

1: Closing of All Czech higher education institutions. 

2: Above 1‚200 students were arrested and sent to concentration camps. 

3: On November 17th‚ nine students and professors were executed without trial. 

The nine students and professors executed on that day were Josef Matoušek‚ Jaroslav Klíma‚ Jan Weinert‚ Josef Adamec‚ Jan Černý‚ Marek Frauwirt‚ Bedřich Koukala‚ Václav Šafránek and František Skorkovský. London in 1941 that November 17th is first marked by the International Student’s Council as International Student’s Day. This marked the initial idea of the founding of the International Union of Students - IUS. 

International Student’s Day celebrations motivate students all over the world in their mission for a truly democratic education and a democratic society. 65 countries established November 17th as the International Student's Day. International Students Day signifies the struggle of students globally. During International Student's Day‚ students protest against braking human rights‚ demeaning of freedom of word and religion and equal education opportunities. Students make use of this as a vision to demonstrate their understandings as well as act against discrimination.