History
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Velorex - How tinkering in a wartime workshop led to one of Czechia’s most famous vehicles
In this episode of Czech Made we look at the story of the Velorex.
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Tank No. 23: a symbol of Russian propaganda
On April 27, 1991, the internationally recognized artist David Černý, a student at the time, painted a monument to Soviet tank crews in Prague pink.
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Anniversary of the Week
Legendary sports journalist Josef Laufer, first to report live by radio, born 130 years ago
On 3 October 1926, Josef Laufer made history, filing Europe’s first live sports journalism radio report, three months ahead of Britain’s BBC.
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Centuries-old Jewish cemetery in Moravia, saved by Velvet Revolution, to be restored
A 17th century Jewish cemetery in the Moravian town of Hranice, neglected for decades and slated for demolition under Communist rule, is now finally being restored.
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Archaeologists in Brno unearth bone fragment of prehistoric rhino
Archaeologists in Brno have unearthed fragments of a skull of the now extinct woolly rhinoceros.
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Czech Made: Koh-i-noor snap buttons
Jindřich Waldes was known as the “button king ”. Under the Koh-i-noor brand, Waldes and his partner Hynek Puc brought to market snaps on a scale never seen before.
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“He wanted to start a new religion”: Masaryk’s ambitious plan for the new Czechoslovakia
President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk had a very ambitious plan when he founded Czechoslovakia: to create a new, civil religion.
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Anniversary of the Week
140 years since first phone call was made in Czech lands
The first telephone call in Bohemia was made on April 10, 1881 between the Hartmann coal mine in Ledvice and a nearby train station in Duchcov.
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No Night So Dark: Part Seven
Ida, Rudolf and Martin Wels are deported to the Terezín ghetto. Nearly eighty years later, Colin Wels reads through their last correspondence.
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100 years since birth of royal sculptor František Bělský
Tuesday marks 100 years since the birth of sculptor František Bělský who made a bust of Queen Elizabeth II and several other members of the British royal family.
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Anniversary of the Week
90 years since Antonín Čermák became mayor of Chicago
The life of the brave mayor, who saved Roosvelt and was not afraid of Al Capone, is the story of the American dream
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No Night So Dark: Part Six
International politics is casting a long shadow over the Wels family. They find themselves trapped in occupied Prague, and only Tomáš manages to get out.
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