History
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17th November 1989: dealing with the complex legacy of the revolution
The dramatic events of the Velvet Revolution began on the 17th November 1989. A student demonstration was put down brutally by the police, resulting in a huge public…
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"Secese v Nedbalkach" - women of Prostejov exhibit their early 20th century negligees
The "National Theatre House" in the Moravian town of Prostejov - a centre of the Czech clothes industry - has just put some unusual items on display. The Art Nouveau house…
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Margita Rytirova - WAAF veteran denied job, flat by communist regime
It's hard to believe that it's almost seventeen years since mass demonstrations brought about the end of Czechoslovakia's communist regime. Czechs have come a long way…
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Stories of Injustice - those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
It's just a few weeks now before November 17th, the seventeenth anniversary of the beginning of the Velvet Revolution, when peaceful demonstrations by hundreds of…
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The diplomat-diarist who bridged Czech, German and Jewish cultures
In the first 20 years of Czechoslovakia's existence, the new nation's most important neighbor was the huge country lying directly to the North and West, Germany. A…
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Historic Rakovnik
For first-time visitors the world-famous Konopiste Chateau or Karlstejn Castle are natural choices for daytrips outside of Prague but one destination visitors might want…
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War veterans protest "desecration" of military memorial
The National Memorial on Vitkov Hill in Prague is a structure hard to miss. It is a severe rectangular building with no windows, accompanied by a large statue of 15th…
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The Czech National Day: celebrating a state that no longer exists
The 28th October is an unlikely date for Czechs to be celebrating their national holiday. After all, it commemorates the founding of a state that no longer exists…
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Documentary series tells story of dramatic 1949 escape of Bohuslav Horak
Bohuslav Horak, the husband of Milada Horakova who was executed after a notorious show trial in 1950, escaped communist Czechoslovakia in 1949 but until now the details…
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Reflecting on the events of October 1956 in Budapest
This week, Hungarians are commemorating the anniversary of their dramatic anti-Soviet uprising exactly 50 years ago. On October 23, 1956 a pro-democracy rally brought 200…
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Exhibition in Prague shows "Mona Lisa of Prehistory"
In today's Czech Science we take you back to Prehistory. Right from the hustle and bustle of contemporary Prague we step into a prehistoric settlement from some 25,000…
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"Austerlitz" - one man's odyssey through the traumas of 20th century history
When I was in London this summer, I found myself with some time to spare, waiting for a train at Liverpool Street Station. I made a point of going out to the small open…
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