History
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Victorious February? The 1948 Communist Coup Revisited on Czechast
On Czechast, we revisit the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia — and ask whether history might have taken a different turn.
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200-year-old linden at Prague Castle: Masaryk’s favourite tree to survive in clones
Masaryk’s Lookout with a majestic linden tree is one of the hidden gems of Prague Castle. However, old dying tree is now being propagated to survive for future generations.
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Zuzana Marešová, one of Winton’s rescued children, dies at 94
Zuzana Marešová, one of the children rescued from Prague in 1939 by Nicholas Winton and his colleagues, has died at 94.
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Anniversary of the Week
The Visegrád Group after 35 years: the story of a region that changed faster than its own project
Founded in 1991 to guide three post-communist states back to Europe, the Visegrád Group now shows fading unity, with members pursuing increasingly different priorities.
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Inside Post Bellum: Martin Kroupa on preserving memory in a divided age
Martin Kroupa explains on Czechast why recording eyewitness testimony is a mission — and why memory, not just archives, shapes how we understand history.
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Anniversary of the Week
One hundred years since the founding of the Liberated Theatre: a Czech scene ahead of its time
On February 8, 1926, the Liberated Theatre (Osvobozené divadlo) was founded in Prague – an avant-garde scene that profoundly influenced Czech culture.
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Anniversary of the Week
70 years since the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene became Czechoslovakia’s first relocated building
Seventy years ago, the Prague Chapel of St Mary Magdalene was rescued from destruction and became the country’s first relocated building.
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Historic Prague Castle Guard loosens the rules to recruit new members
The Prague Castle Guard is looking to take on new recruits and has relaxed its long-standing selection criteria.
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The Last Peasant War: how the countryside shaped Central and Eastern Europe
Peasants have long been sidelined in history. Jakub Beneš, Associate Professor at UCL, aims to restore them to the historical narrative of former Austro-Hungary.
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Ice Age horse engraving found in Moravian Karst cave challenges view of early European art
Czech scientists have discovered a rare Ice Age engraving of a horse in a cave in the Moravian Karst, dating back about 15,000 years to the end of the last Ice Age.
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Remembering Jan Palach: 57 years since his self-immolation
On January 16, Czechs mark 57 years since Jan Palach set himself on fire in central Prague – a wake-up call to Czechoslovak society after the 1968 Soviet occupation.
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Anniversary of the Week
Marie Provazníková, who defied Nazism and Communism, died 35 years ago
Marie Provazníková ranks among the most outstanding figures of modern Czech history, resisting both Nazism and Communism.
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