History
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Knights of the Heaven – Exhibit provides remarkable insight into lives of WWII Czechoslovak RAF…
The National Museum in Prague is currently running a special Exhibition called “Knights of the Heaven”. As the name betrays, it is focused on the Czechoslovak pilots who…
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A Few Sentences: “One of the most important steps before November 1989”
The publication of the manifesto Několik vět, or A Few Sentences, was a milestone in the final year of communism in Czechoslovakia. After being broadcast by Radio Free…
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‘The Art of Dissent’, or why love, tolerance, and creative freedom aren’t just for fairytales
“Love, tolerance and creative freedom aren’t just for fairytales”. That’s the central message of a new documentary called The Art of Dissent, which celebrates artistic…
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Heliodor Píka – General who became Communist regime’s first judicial murder victim
The early years of Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime were marked by hundreds of tragic stories which revolved around injustice, torture and in many cases death. One of the…
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New trial places Communist-era involuntary emigration campaign in spotlight
A court case in Prague will this week put the spotlight back on a notorious Communist secret police operation in which opponents of the regime were harassed so terribly…
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Czechs get unique opportunity to carry out archaeological research in Syria
The National Museum in Prague has been granted a unique license to carry out archaeological research in Syria. Under the agreement, signed by the museum’s director Michal…
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Sculptor continues with plans for Old Town Sq. column despite lacking permit
For more than 250 years, a large Marian column stood on Prague’s Old Town Square. In 1918, it was torn down by an angry mob which saw it as a symbol of Austrian rule. Now…
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Lidice – the tragic fate of a village that became a powerful symbol
Today it is exactly 77 years since units of the German Security Police liquidated the Central Bohemian village of Lidice in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard…
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Czech politicians condemn draft Russian bill as attempt to rewrite history
Czech politicians, including President Miloš Zeman, have condemned the draft Russian legislation stating that Soviet troops took part in the 1968 invasion of…
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New website makes history classes more attractive
The Czech Republic’s Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has launched a new project to help teachers in primary and secondary schools make history classes more…
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Monoxylon III: Czech archaeologists trace ancient sea routes in Neolithic dugout replica
Monoxylon is the Greek term for a vessel chiselled out from a single tree trunk. It’s also the name of a Czech-led experimental archaeological expedition, which first set…
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On the Czech periphery: Communist-era hippie communes, samizdat, and post-’89 zine culture
Translator, literary scholar and historical sociologist Martin Tharp’s current research focuses on the working-class counterculture of post-1968 Czechoslovakia. He finds…
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