History
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Michal Pullmann on Perestroika, Violence, and Remembering the Communist Past
Michal Pullmann is head of the Institute of Economic and Social History at Charles University in Prague. In this first of a two-part edition of Czech History, he discusses…
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Commemorative events pay tribute to Czechoslovak RAF pilots
A number of ceremonies in Prague this week paid tribute to the 2,500 Czechoslovak pilots who flew with the RAF in WWII. Close to 500 of them died in action. Those who came…
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Major reconstruction planned for St Wenceslas pilgrimage town
The historic town of Stará Boleslav, northeast of Prague, may soon become the Czech Republic’s “little Vatican”. The Catholic Church plans to turn the small town, an early…
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Message of student solidarity still powerful after more than seventy years
One of the early atrocities of World War Two was the violent suppression of protests by Czech university students on 28 October 1939. This was just over six months after…
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Wall inscriptions by Terezín prisoners had been forgotten for decades, says researcher
A team doing research at the former Terezín concentration camp in north Bohemia have just presented remarkable findings in the form of previously undocumented inscriptions…
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Travelling exhibition brings together more than 500 Bibles from private collections
A travelling exhibition entitled The Bible: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, on in the eastern city of Ostrava, is giving visitors the opportunity to view than 500 different…
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The incredible story of the girl on the one crown coin
There were many cases of passive resistance to the communist regime that only came to light years after it collapsed in 1989. Reporters at Czech public television recently…
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Brno marks anniversary of founder of modern genetics
The Moravian city of Brno has been marking a double anniversary this week: 183 years since the birth of the founder of modern genetics Gregor Mendel, and 150 years since…
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The Terezín Ghetto: a perspective from the 1960s
We have often drawn from Czech Radio’s sound archives in our broadcasts, as they make up one of the richest radio archives in the world, offering insight into the history…
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In search of Jan Hus
On July 6th, it will be 600 years since the death of Jan Hus, the celebrated priest and reformer, who was burned at the stake for heresy against the Catholic Church. In…
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Homage to Sir Nicholas Winton
In this Special, we pay tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton, the Briton who helped save the lives of 669 children by arranging their evacuation from Nazi occupied…
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Launch of RFE broadcasts from Prague recalled on 20th anniversary
Wednesday is the 20th anniversary of the launch of Radio Free Europe broadcasts from Prague. The US-funded symbol of the Cold War had moved to the city’s former communist…
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