History
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The great escape - to Austria and freedom via electric power line
This week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most dramatic escapes from communist Czechoslovakia, when two men crossed the border into Austria on home-made chairs…
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Josip Plecnik chair recovered by Prague Castle
A very popular exhibit of Prague Castle's seating furniture has received two pieces of good news: high demand has extended the exhibit until the end of October, and…
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Mary Hrabik Samal: An Agrarian odyssey
Last week's 14th all-Sokol slet brought thousands of Czechs who now live abroad back to Prague, some as participants and others as observers of the gymnastics gathering…
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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox we reveal the correct answer to our monthly competition about the origin of the dollar and we announce the names of the four lucky winners.
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A tour of the Schwarzenberg tomb in Trebon
In an extended special edition of Czechs in History we visit the town of Trebon, some 150 kilometres south of Prague. This is where the Schwarzenberg nobility resided…
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Museum commemorates 100 years of Prague Sewer
It was around this time 100 years ago that the modern sewer system of Prague was completed and went into operation. The Eco-technical Museum commemorates the event with…
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Czechs and Slovaks free of Soviet troops for fifteen years
Fifteen years ago, on June 27th, 1991, commander general Eduard Vorobyev headed east from Prague to Kyiv. A year and a half after the Velvet Revolution, he was the last…
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Norman Davies: revealing the many layers of a great Central European city
Norman Davies is one of the most influential contemporary historians of Central Europe. His writings on Poland have had a significant impact on our perceptions of the…
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Cold War murder trial adjourned almost as soon as it started
Prague's City Court was due to begin the trial of two elderly men on Monday in connection with a murder case that goes back almost 50 years. The two men, Milan Michel and…
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Club Vltavan celebrates 135th birthday
The Prague district of Podskali is now an upmarket residential area. But until around a hundred years ago, Podskali, on the right bank of the Vltava River, was more of a…
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William Teltscher - debunking myth of "idyllic" pre-war coexistence of Sudeten Germans, Jews
It's not often you get the chance to talk about history with those who participated in it. But recently while covering a festival of Jewish culture in the south Moravian…
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Mailbox
This Sunday we announce the winners of last month's listeners' competition and also a new question for June. We quote from e-mails by: Hrishabh Sandilya, David Wrigth…
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