Claim: During the fire of the Old Town Hall on May 8, 1945, a part of the Prague City Archives (one of the largest and most important archives in Bohemia) was destroyed; then after the end of the war the archives were housed in the Clam-Gallas Palace in the Old Town of Prague.
Evidence: During the fire of the Old Town Hall on 8 May 1945, a part of the archive was destroyed, but fortunately the majority of the historical documents were evacuated outside Prague. After the end of the war the archives were housed in the Clam-Gallas Palace in the Old Town of Prague. Together with the National Archives of the Czech Republic the Prague City Archives is one of the largest and most important archives in Bohemia.