The writers Jaroslav Hašek and Franz Kafka were both exposed to anarchist ideas in the bohemian circles of Prague before the First World War. Kropotkin’s memoirs became one of Kafka’s favourite books.
At the same time, he developed during the Prague Congress and during the following year a project for a revolutionary dictatorship based on a secret society. It was the first of several such organizations which Bakunin tried to establish, a move which sits ill with his publicly avowed libertarian beliefs and opposition to revolutionary government. The aim of the society was to direct the revolution, extend it to all Europe and Russia, and overthrow the Austrian Empire.
His reign saw the notorious pogrom of 1389 when a priest leading a procession through the Jewish quarter of Prague on Easter Sunday was stoned by a Jewish child, causing the townspeople to turn out for the slaughter of 3,000 of the Jewish community. When the survivors sought justice from the King, Wenceslas declared that the Jews deserved their punishment, and fined the survivors, not the perpetrators.
"Sevgili bayan milena,
Size Prag'dan mektup yazdım,sonra da
Merano'dan.Hiç bir yanıt alamadım.
....Fakat yazdıklarımla sizi bir şekilde
incitmiş olmam da mümkün[eğer böyle bir şey olduysa
bütün iyi niyetime rağmen kalemimin incelikten
yoksun demektir.]_ ve şimdi o yüzden yazıyorum."