History
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The Villa Becher – a beautifully restored estate in Karlovy Vary’s Westend neighborhood
Uphill from Karlovy Vary’s famous colonnade with its lavish, pastel-colored buildings, a little off the beaten track in the city’s Westend neighborhood, visitors to the…
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Unique 1980s dissident video magazine subject of new Czech TV documentary
On Tuesday, the public broadcaster Czech TV is airing the first part of a new documentary series dedicated to Originální videojournal, a unique video magazine established…
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Emanuel Moravec – the face of Czech collaboration with the Nazis
Some figures are cast as heroes and others as villains. Emanuel Moravec - the face, voice and main force behind Czech collaboration with the occupying Nazis during WWII …
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“If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” Part 4
We continue with the fourth episode of “If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” by Jaroslava Skleničková, in which she tells the extraordinary story of her life…
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Czechs, Slovaks and Poles among “The Few”
When Nazi Germany occupied Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939, many Czech and Slovak professional soldiers and airmen decided to escape from the country, rather than hand…
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The royal town of Písek
A well-known 19th century student song sings about Putimská brána - one of the three historic gates in the town walls around Písek. Only a remnant of the gate is preserved…
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Landmark National Museum building closes for five-year long reconstruction
The historic National Museum building at the top of Prague’s Wenceslas Square will close its doors on Thursday for five years of major renovations – the first in the site’…
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Jan Amos Comenius - a Bohemian in Amsterdam
One of the Czech nation's most beloved sons, Jan Amos Comenius ( 1592-1670 is buried in Holland. This visionary religious leader, theologian, philosopher and educationist…
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Jan Amos Comenius - the teacher of nations
When one looks back on a thousand years of Czech history one of the names that still carries great weight is that of 17th century thinker Jan Amos Komenský - the humanist…
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“If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” Part 3
Veronika Hyks continues her serialized reading of “If I had been a boy, I would have been shot…” by Jaroslava Skleničková, a powerful and true story of survival in wartime…
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After Heydrich: demonstrations for and against the Reich
We ended the last series of From the Archives at one of the darkest moments in Czech history, when on June 10 1942 the Nazis destroyed the village of Lidice. This was a…
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Karlín – Prague’s first suburb
Prague’s leafy central suburb of Karlín may best be known outside of the Czech Republic for the devastating floods that laid ruin to it in 2002, but much of the world has…
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