History
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Prague history mirrors 20th century Europe, says professor Derek Sayer
More than a decade ago Derek Sayer, a professor of history at Lancaster University, published an immensely popular book entitle The Coasts of Bohemia, which covers Czech…
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Post-war Czechoslovak exile, overlooked chapter in nation’s modern history
The 20th century saw scores of Czechs and Slovaks leaving their country to escape political oppression. After the communist takeover of 1948, some 40,000 people left and…
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Remembering Olga Havlová, a woman of humour and good will
Today would have been the eightieth birthday of Olga Havlová, first wife of the late former president Václav Havel. Olga died in 1996 at the age of 62, after devoting much…
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The Glagolitic Mass, a celebration of Slavic culture
Our special broadcast for Saints Cyril and Methodius Day explores a famous musical homage to the two missionaries and their legacy, Leoš Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass.
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Czechs discover passion for family history, says genealogy researcher Blanka Lednická
Ever since Czech TV began broadcasting its own version of BBC’s show Who Do You Think You Are, many people have developed an interest in finding more about their own…
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Remembering the victims - including infants - of 1950s Stalinist terror
A ceremony was held on Wednesday at Prague's Ďáblice Cemetery to remember those killed or incarcerated by Czechoslovakia's communist regime. Organised by the Confederation…
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Bubny train station saw darkest moments of Prague's history
The run-down Praha-Bubny train station is now a fairly insignificant stop on commuter train routes going to and from destinations west of Prague. But in the early 1940’s…
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“The Social Agent” exposes Czech writer Jiří Mucha as secret police agent
British journalist Charles Laurence first came to Prague as a child in the 1950s. His father, a diplomat, served at the UK embassy here, and brought his family with him…
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Could the coup have been avoided? The legacy of a government in exile
Last week Prague hosted an international conference that looked at the role played during World War Two by the London-based governments in exile of occupied countries…
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Don Sparling – Part 2
While thousands of Westerners flocked to Czechoslovakia in the wake of the Velvet Revolution, Don Sparling experienced those dramatic events at first hand. In the second…
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Don Sparling – Part 1
Few if any Westerners have been living in this part of the world for as long as Don Sparling. Indeed, the Canadian-born academic came to Czechoslovakia in March 1969, just…
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Hej, hej, this is Frey
I’ve found myself paying increased attention to significant Czech anniversaries recently and was intrigued by one the other week: May 21st was the 132nd anniversary of the…
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