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Tension over monument to fallen Soviet soldiers in Brno
Kralovo Pole in Brno is dealing with a delicate matter at the moment. The district has a large memorial to Soviet soldiers who fell in April 1945 while liberating the city…
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Alois Musil - the "Czech Lawrence of Arabia"
Compared to other Arab and Oriental scholars like TE Lawrence, the Czech Arabist Alois Musil is not so well known in the English-speaking world, mainly because most of his…
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Mailbox
This week we reveal the name of our May mystery Czech and announce the names of the four lucky winners as well as a brand new competition question. Listeners quoted: Li…
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Anonymous group to erect "unofficial" memorial to Heydrich assassins
It's 65 years since the assassination of the Reichsprotektor of Nazi-controlled Bohemia and Moravia Reinhard Heydrich, but surprisingly, there is no monument in Prague to…
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Czech Legion Project rediscovers glorious story of Czechoslovak independence
There are many military clubs and associations in the Czech Republic honouring the Czech soldiers who fought in the wars of the 20th century, but only a few are active…
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Jana Horakova-Kansky - still proud of mother's "enormous courage"
This week, we speak to Jana Horakova-Kansky, daughter of one of Czechoslovakia's best known victims of Communist-era oppression, the democratic MP and wartime resistance…
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Eva Fuka - Part 2
The great Czech photographer Eva Fuka recently celebrated her 80th birthday at the opening of an exhibition of her work at Prague's Kampa Museum. She had returned to the…
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Eva Fuka - Part 1
Eva Fuka, who turned 80 earlier this month, has been described as one of the most important post-war Czech photographers. Some of her best known pictures were taken in the…
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Separating truth from legend in new film about Slovakia's most infamous mass murderer
Coming up in this week's Arts, we'll be speaking to the renowned Slovak director Juraj Jabubisko about his latest film - Bathory - described as the most expensive Central…
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Stara Boleslav - the town where St Wenceslas was slain
In this week's Spotlight we will travel to the small town of Stara Boleslav just northeast of Prague. According to legend, it was in this town that the Premyslid Prince…
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Mailbox
Today in Mailbox: a Czech TV documentary about our January mystery person, Georg Joseph Camel; the planned Czech national memory institute; and more. Listeners quoted…
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Remembering Russian émigrés kidnapped by Stalin's secret police
A short ceremony was held in Prague on Friday morning to commemorate the thousands of Russian émigrés who were illegally abducted by the Soviet secret police at the close…
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