History
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The short-lived legacy of industrial giant Emil Kolben
In this edition of Czechs in History, we reflect on the life and work of Emil Kolben. He was born on November 1, 1862, to a Jewish family in the little village of…
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Young director to bring story of Milada Horakova to silver screen
In this week's Arts, one of Czechoslovakia's most infamous communist show trials could be about to become a Hollywood blockbuster. We talk to a young Czech film producer…
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WWII war hero, RAF pilot Antonin Spacek dies at 89
One of the country's greatest Second World War heroes, RAF pilot Antonin Spacek has died at the age of eighty-nine. We look at the life of a man who spent his life serving…
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Prague Airport celebrates 70th birthday
Welcome to Prague Airport located just east of the capital. All it takes is a thirty-minute metro and bus ride from the centre of Prague to get to a place which connects…
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A look at the Czech Esperanto movement
Esperanto in the Czech lands goes back more than one hundred years. Individual enthusiasts were already promoting the language at the end of the 19th century, and in the…
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Former Czech dissidents meet UK supporters at London theatre, 30 years later
This week some of the key figures in Czechoslovakia's Charter 77 protest movement are getting together in London with several of the British intellectuals who supported…
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Kutna Hora's Italian Courtyard and silver-mining history
Without question the town of Kutna Hora in central Bohemia is a must-see destination for anyone visiting the Czech Republic, a town with a long and fascinating history. In…
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Five-decade disagreement over Czech-Polish border appears on way to resolution
The Czech Republic could get a tiny bit smaller in the next few years, if it hands almost 400 hectares of its territory over to Poland. There has been a disagreement about…
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68 years since the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia
This Thursday marks the 68th anniversary of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. For six years, the country suffered under the control of Adolf Hitler.
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54 years after death of Czechoslovakia's first Communist president his place of birth remains…
In this week's Czechs in History, we look at an unsolved mystery in Klement Gottwald's past as this Wednesday marks the 54th anniversary of the death of Czechoslovakia's…
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Philosopher Jan Patocka remembered, 30 years after his death following StB interrogation
Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Jan Patocka. Patocka is regarded as one of the most important central European philosophers of the 20th century. But he…
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Rare copy of work by John Amos Comenius found in Vienna shop
Josef Koller is a collector of antique prints who has devoted much of his life to finding rare and valuable books. During a recent stroll through Vienna, he walked into a…
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