History
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Black death: Prague’s Jewish Ghetto and the plague of 1713
When plague ravaged Prague in 1713, Christian authorities designed drastic measures to limit its spread, many of which targeted the Jewish ghetto.
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Apart but united: Festival of Freedom finds novel ways to celebrate Velvet Revolution anniversary
Due to the coronavirus, much of this year’s celebrations will be streamed online from Wenceslas Square. People can also light candles, indirectly, thanks to volunteers.
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Archaeologists discover remains of wartime Romani internment camp in Liberec
An archaeological survey in Liberec has revealed remains of an internment camp for Roma during WWII that later held French prisoners, forced to work in a quarry.
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The Battle of White Mountain - arguably the most decisive battle of the Thirty Years War
On November 8, 1620, a major clash took place outside Prague between the Imperial Army of Emperor Ferdinand II. and those of the Bohemian Revolt.
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Archaeologists prepare dig in Jesenicko after mushroom picker finds rare Bronze Age sword
A man searching for mushrooms close to his home came across a 3,300-year-old sword from the Bronze Age.
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Josef Koukal – the story of a war pilot who refused to give up
One of the country’s biggest WWII heroes, pilot Josef Koukal, who fought in the Battle of Britain, has been awarded the Order of the White Lion in memoriam.
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Former Sudeten town preparing major exhibition on “Czech” Germans
Despite difficulties resulting from the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, a unique new exhibition is being prepared in the North Bohemian city of Ústí nad Labem.
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The heart of Moravia – through the eyes of musician Jiří Pavlica
The Czech state has its origins in Great Moravia, an early Christian empire that developed in the ninth century. We visit it with musician Jiří Pavlica.
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Comenius’ signet ring still carried by descendants
A signet ring which the famous Czech pedagogue and philosopher Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) gave his daughter is reportedly still in possession of his descendants.
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Sokol movement celebrates Memorial Day in honour of Nazi victims
Thursday is Sokol Memorial Day, in honour of members of the patriotic athletics group arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 and sent to Nazi concentration camps. Few survived.
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Prague may put Czech noble, Austrian marshal Josef Radecký back on a pedestal
Prague looks set to return a statue of nobleman Josef Václav Radecký of Radče – arguably the greatest Czech military commander in history – to the Lesser Town square.
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Author Ivan Margolius on a chilling personal connection to classic Tatra cars
Tatra’s futuristic-looking, aerodynamic cars, which first appeared in the 1930s, represent some of the most distinctive designs ever produced in Czechoslovakia.
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