History
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Eggenberg golden carriage from 1638 to travel to family home in Graz
The Eggenberg golden carriage, will leave Český Krumlov castle after more than 350 years. It is being loaned to Eggenberg Castle for its 400 birthday celebrations.
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Incredible Stories from WWII
The unknown story of war hero Frank Jirka, who lost both legs in the battle for Iwo Jima
In February and March 1945, the Americans fought a bloody battle for the small Pacific island of Iwo Jima. A number of our compatriots helped make history there.
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Legionary train replica sets off on annual tour of Czech towns and cities
Legiovlak is a travelling exhibition about Czechoslovak Legionaries in World War I. Over the past ten years, it has attracted over one million visitors.
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Lover, libertine, Czech librarian? Exploring Giacomo Casanova’s final years in Bohemia
To mark 300 years since Casanova’s birth in 1725, Danny Bate spoke to Professor Leo Damrosch, to explore how the famous Venetian adventurer ended up a librarian in Bohemia.
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Anniversary of the Week
March 31, 2010: What did the last ever telegram sent in Czechia say?
The era of telegrams definitively ended on March 31, 2010, when the very last telegram was sent on the territory of the Czech Republic.
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Interhelpo: the Czechoslovak dream that turned into a Soviet nightmare
Czechast: journalist Jaromír Marek shares the story of Interhelpo, a forgotten utopian project that took Czech and Slovak communards to Soviet Kyrgyzstan in the 1920s.
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Prague’s Powder Tower celebrates 550 years
Thursday marks exactly 550 years since the foundation stone of Prague’s Powder Tower was laid. The Gothic gateway remains one of the city's most iconic medieval landmarks.
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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.
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Anniversary of the Week
March 17, 2005: unique Dalimil Chronicle fragment returns to Czech hands
In 2005, a fragment of a previously unknown Latin translation of the Chronicle of Dalimil was successfully auctioned off in Paris.
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75 years since 11 hockey players were imprisoned in Czechoslovakia
75 years ago, the Communist regime arrested eleven Czechoslovak hockey players. They were convicted of treason and espionage in a mock trial.
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Chinggis Khan exhibition brings rare Mongolian treasures to Prague
A major exhibition dedicated to the legendary Mongolian ruler Chinggis Khan opened this week at Prague’s National Museum, showcasing more than 260 rare items from Mongolia.
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Olga Hepnarová: the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia
Exactly fifty years ago, Olga Hepnarová became the last woman to be executed in Czechoslovakia. Her case still haunts the Czech public imagination.
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