History
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The magic of Czech Christmas music
If any country in the world is home to the Christmas carol, it has to be the Czech Republic. The tradition of carolling goes back centuries, and Czech Christmas music is a…
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Some highlights of our Czechs in New York series
Earlier this year I flew to New York to record a series of special reports about Czechs in the city, visiting several important Czech institutions and speaking to dozens…
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Exhibition celebrates Czech patron saint
This year, some historians contend, marks exactly 1,100 years since the birth of St. Wenceslas, the Czech king and chief patron of the Czech lands. To celebrate this…
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A Christmas message from the survivors of Lidice in 1945
With Christmas just round the corner, we break our chronological journey through the archives this week to go back to Christmas 1945. We’re in Kročehlavy, a suburb of the…
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Hundred-year history of Czech ice hockey focus of new National Museum exhibition
“One Century of Czech Ice Hockey” is the title of an exhibition which has just opened at Prague’s National Museum. It features photographs and documents from the history…
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Two-year international project “revisits” great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů
Marking five decades since the death of the great Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů in 1959, a major international project entitled Martinů Revisited was officially launched…
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A Proustian moment in 1960s Czechoslovak Radio
By the mid 1960s political control over many aspects of cultural and social life in Czechoslovakia had relaxed considerably. This was the height of the “New Wave” in…
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Svitavy – the birthplace of Oskar Schindler
You are not very likely to wander into Svitavy by chance. Located on both the major road and railway line connecting Moravia and eastern Bohemia, for most people Svitavy…
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Joseph Kohn – US mathematician who’s never forgotten Prague
2008 has been a year of anniversaries linked to milestone events which changed the course of Czech history – 1968, 1948 and 1938. In those years, many Czechs left their…
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Mailbox
Today we disclose the identity of November’s mystery Czech and announce the names of the four listeners who will receive small prizes for their correct answers. Listeners…
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Paul Robeson in Prague: paying homage to Dvořák and socialism
In last week’s From the Archives we featured Martin Luther King, interviewed by Czechoslovak Radio in 1963. But Dr King was not the first civil rights campaigner to…
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First theatre to stage Václav Havel's plays turns 50
This month marks exactly 50 years since the first performance at Divadlo Na Zábradlí, a theatre which has become famous mainly for staging former President Václav Havel’s…
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