From her grandfather’s suitcase to Vienna’s archives: Radka Šustrová on history without borders

Historian Radka Šustrová shares how her passion for history was shaped by family memory and the story of her grandfather, who was executed during the Nazi occupation. She explains her work with archival materials and why it’s essential to study challenging historical periods, from National Socialism to communist regimes, an reflects on differences between academic environments in Czechia, Austria, and the UK. The first episode of Science Without Borders offers a compelling view of research that crosses national and ideological boundaries.

Watch the new series from Radio Prague International and the Czech Centre Vienna in collaboration with Czexpats in Science.