History
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Calling all Czechs! Jirkov seeks photos of famous Kludský circus caravan to help restore its glory
Karel Kludský's circus was once among Europe's biggest. Now, his hometown is asking Czechs to dig up photos to help in the effort to faithfully restore his luxury caravan.
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Valuable 14th century coins found by couple walking in West Bohemia
The Museum of West Bohemia in Plzeň has announced the discovery of hundreds of silver and gold coins from the 14th century.
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‘Blood libel’: Czech lawyer specialising in judicial rehabilitation takes on Hilsner Affair of 1899
In 1899, as the Dreyfus Affair was reaching its climax in France, another case emblematic of anti-Semitism and injustice enveloped the Czech lands: the Hilsner Affair.
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“Operation Ř” – How the Communists targeted Czechoslovakia’s nunneries
70 years ago, having already interned thousands of monks in “concentration cloisters”, the Communists turned their anti-religious fervour to Czechoslovakia’s nunneries.
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Historic part of Czech ‘Maginot line’ fortress opening to the public
Soon after Hitler came to power in 1933, Czechoslovakia began planning in earnest to build fortifications akin to the French Maginot Line to sustain any first onslaught.
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Miloš Jakeš, Communist leader in charge during Velvet Revolution, dies aged 97
Miloš Jakeš, the last Communist Party general secretary of Czechoslovakia, has died at the age of 97.
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Initiator: I was extremely surprised we got permission to erect Marian column
The most divisive construction of the year in Prague is surely a Marian column that recently appeared on Old Town Square. We speak to an initiator of the replica.
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Over 10,000 historical books to be moved to Strahov Library - making them accessible to public
The Archbishopric of Prague has begun moving more than ten thousand historical books from its private collection to the library at the Strahov Monastery.
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Archaeologists search for remains of Zdena Mašínová in Prague mass grave
Archaeologists are searching for the remains of Zdena Mašínová. The WWII resister also fell victim to the Communists, who dumped her body in a mass grave in Prague in 1956.
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Czechs mark legacy of reformer priest Jan Hus
July 6th is a public holiday in the Czech Republic honouring the memory of reformer priest Jan Hus.
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Czechs mark legacy of Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius
July 5th is a public holiday in the Czech Republic, celebrating the legacy of the Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius who came to Great Moravia in 862.
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Helen Epstein: One real skill and one fake one helped my mother survive the Holocaust
Franci’s War by Franci Rabinek Epstein is a Holocaust memoir told from a candid female perspective. The author’s daughter, Helen Epstein, shares her powerful story.
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