History
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A look back at six decades of VOA broadcasting in Czech
Voice of America (VOA), today the largest U.S. government-funded international broadcaster, ceased its Czech language broadcasts exactly 15 years ago today, on 27 February…
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Jan Zajíc – the story of “human torch number two”
On February 25 1969, five weeks after Jan Palach, another man set himself alight in protest to Czechoslovak apathy following the Soviet invasion of 1968. The name of the…
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Operation BLÍN – One of the StB’s greatest intelligence heists
During the 1960s as the Warsaw Pact sought to change the balance of military power decisively in its favour it employed a largescale disinformation to fool NATO about its…
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Banned 1954 documentary on Tibet returns to cinemas
More than sixty years after its premiere, a unique Czech documentary from Tibet, made in the early 1950s, returns to Czech cinemas on Tuesday. Called Cesta vede do Tibetu…
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Exhibition brings Aschers “back to Prague in a style worthy of what they accomplished”
Newlyweds Zika and Lida Ascher left Prague in early 1939 for the UK. There Zika Ascher launched a silk business that was soon thriving – and began approaching top artists…
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Underwater remains of Prague’s first bridge explored by researchers
Before there was the Charles Bridge, Prague was served by the Judith Bridge, which was destroyed by flooding in 1342. New research carried out by divers has been mapping…
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The 1946 US operation that proved a propaganda coup for Czechoslovakia’s Communists
In 1946 a secret American operation in Czechoslovakia led to major diplomatic protests. The US authorities had organized a mission aimed at obtaining hidden Nazi documents…
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Czech Red Cross marks centenary – but history dates back even further
Wednesday marks 100 years since the establishment of the Czechoslovak branch of the International Red Cross, today known as the Czech Red Cross. It was founded and chaired…
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First Czech newspaper recalled on 300th anniversary of launch
Monday marks exactly 300 years since the publication of the first ever Czech-language newspaper, Pražské poštovské noviny, or The Prague Postal Newspaper. Its publisher, a…
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The Czechoslovak-Polish War of January 1919 – a brief clash with lasting consequences
Today it is largely forgotten by Czechs, but the Czechoslovak-Polish War of January 1919 was a more significant conflict than its few hundred casualties suggest. Although…
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Zdeněk Toman: Intelligence chief and black market kingpin instrumental in saving thousands of…
Until recently Zdeněk Toman was an obscure name to many Czechs. However, his incredible story has now reached a broad audience thanks to an eponymous film about him that…
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Otakar Dušek: the medallic artist behind Prague’s illegal Jan Palach / Josef Toufar mural
Otakar Dušek is a designer and artist with a passion for history and historical justice – something he hopes to instil in his students at the prestigious Václav Hollar…
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