History
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Architects of Czechoslovak divorce say 25 years on that it was inevitable
The two main architects of the separation of Czechoslovakia 25 years ago exceptionally shared the same platform in Prague on Monday to give their version of why the…
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“Winton child” Lord Alfred Dubs: I was luckier than most – I was met by my father in the UK
Today a life peer in Britain’s House of Lords, Alfred Dubs was just six years old when he became one of over 660 Jewish children saved from Nazi-occupied Prague by Sir…
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Twenty-five years after divorce, Czechs and Slovaks closer than ever
In 2018 Czechs and Slovaks will jointly mark the centenary of the birth of independent Czechoslovakia. At the same time the two nations will look back on 1993, the year…
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When Václav Havel allied himself with the hairy musicians
Václav Havel has been the subject of many books and quite a few have been devoted to the so-called Czechoslovak underground, the cultural movement which above all in music…
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Czech Catholic church seeks return of Cardinal Beran’s remains for 2018
The Czech Catholic Church says that it is near to sealing an agreement with the Vatican for the return of the remains of Cardinal Josef Beran back to his homeland…
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The fascinating story of Czech settlers who founded the farm town of Prague, Oklahoma
From Praha to Prague – Czechs in an Oklahoma Farm Town is an ethnic history by historian Philip D. Smith published this year by the University of Oklahoma Press. As a…
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“Hitler, Stalin and I” – an oral history based on Heda Margolius Kovály’s interviews with Czech…
Heda Margolius Kovály was a well-known writer and translator who survived the Auschwitz extermination camp and whose first husband, Rudolf Margolius, a deputy minister of…
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Council of Europe commissioner welcomes Lety pig farm deal
Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, has welcomed a deal for the Czech government to acquire the site of a pig farm in Lety, southern…
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Czech president calls author of Zvezda article a madman and demands apology
An article published on the website of Russian state-wide television channel Zvezda on Tuesday has drawn very sharp responses from Czech politicians, including Miloš Zeman…
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How the army became a “workshop” for cinema during communism
František Vláčil, Karel Kachyňa, Vojtěch Jasný, Jiří Menzel and several more of the greatest ever Czech film directors honed their craft in the army during the communist…
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Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová – how the spirit of the Velvet Revolution turned to cynicism
Monika MacDonagh-Pajerová is a political activist and university lecturer. Back in 1989, she served as a press spokesperson for the student leaders protesting against the…
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Honour for cremator’s son who helped preserve dignity of executed
As a teenager František Suchý helped his father secretly record the names and hide the ashes of people executed by the Nazis and the Communists. He himself was later…
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