History
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1950s trial of "Czech kulak" subject of new radio documentary
Show trials featuring trumped up charges and fabricated confessions remain one of the strongest symbols of Communist state repression throughout the former Eastern Bloc…
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Hundreds of former Communist secret police agents in Czech police force
One of the steps taken by the Czech Republic to come to terms with its communist past were so-called 'lustrace', or screening laws. They were meant to prevent former…
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Genealogy course helping Czechs with family tree "detective work"
Some years ago, Madeleleine Albright, the Czech-born American Secretary of State, learned that although she had been raised Catholic, all four of her grandparents were…
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Czech Radio and institutions sign agreement to map and preserve authentic testimonies on 20th…
Public broadcaster Czech Radio and a number of professional institutions like the Jewish Museum in Prague and Prague's Institute of Contemporary History recently signed a…
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From Samizdat to Tamizdat: a Vienna meeting
From September 12-15, 2006 the Austrian capital of Vienna played host to the first-ever international conference devoted exclusively to the phenomenon of central European…
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Government backs plans for Institute of National Memory
On Wednesday the government backed a plan long prepared by the ruling Civic Democrats to found a new Institute for National Memory - covering the legacy of Communism in…
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The Czech who won Wimbledon for Egypt
Though I would say I am reasonably familiar with Czech culture and history, I must admit that I often have to scratch my head a bit - and consult the internet - whenever…
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The Mendel Museum in Brno
In this week's edition of Spotlight, join Dita Asiedu as she is given a tour of the Mendel Museum in the Moravian capital of Brno. The Museum is located in the Augustinian…
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Creator explains thinking behind controversial Lidice web "game"
A new internet "game" called Total Burn-out of Lidice has been making a lot of headlines in recent days. The title refers to the 1942 razing of the Czech village of Lidice…
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Man-powered medieval crane at Prague Castle
The exhibition "Charles IV, Emperor by the Grace of God" held at Prague Castle earlier in the year has been described as one of the most important cultural events of the…
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Occupation, Esperanto and Mushrooms: 70 years of Radio Prague through the archives
If we delve into the Czech Radio archives, we find recordings in English going right back to Radio Prague's beginnings 70 years ago. Some of the extracts we are going to…
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Radio Prague's editor-in-chief on Radio Prague in 2006
This Thursday is Radio Prague's 70th birthday. On August 31, the first ever programme in English was broadcast from Prague and the date is considered the birth of the…
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