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Fighter jet flyby over Prague Castle heralds events marking 70th anniversary of end of WW II
The pilots of two Gripen fighter jets on Monday conducted the first flyover above Prague Castle in more than a quarter century, launching, together with a military honour…
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Bloody conclusion of WWII in Czech lands
In this week’s edition of Czech History we look at the situation in Bohemia and Moravia in late April and early May 1945 in the run up to commemorations of the 70th…
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Havel’s Letter to Husák: still an inspiration 40 years on
Forty years ago this week, on 8 April 1975, Václav Havel sent an open letter to Czechoslovakia’s President Gustav Husák. The letter was to become one of the key documents…
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Of books and bookworms: How a Czech company is making authentic copies of rare historic manuscripts
Tempus Libri is a Czech company specialising in the production of authentic copies or ‘clones’ of rare historic manuscripts, often of immense cultural value. To date, the…
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Visitors invited to Václav Havel office
People from all over the world will soon have a chance to visit the office of the late Czech president Václav Havel. Although the office won’t open its door to the public…
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Czech researchers probe secret Soviet era archives in Ukraine
Czech historians and researchers are trying to benefit as fast as possible from a new open access policy to the former Soviet archives in Ukraine. One lesson that has been…
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Prague’s 19th century Těšnov station remembered on 30th anniversary of demolition
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the demolition of Prague’s Těšnov train station, a once magnificent 1870s structure that stood just a stone’s throw from the city’s…
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Prague takes first step towards Holocaust memorial
The Bubny Railway Station in Prague, which saw tens of thousands of Czech Jews leave for the ghettoes and Nazi death camps, is set to become a new Holocaust Memorial. A…
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Used to US planes overhead, Praguers ignored sirens during tragic air raid of February 1945
Saturday is the 70th anniversary of one of the blackest days experienced by the Czech lands during WWII, when US planes dropped some 150 bombs over Prague, leaving 700…
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Paul Polansky and the Lety Roma camp: Part 2
This is the second of a two part special which focuses on American genealogist and amateur historian Paul Polansky and how he brought to Czech and worldwide attention the…
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Paul Polansky and the Lety Roma camp: Part 1
This is the first of a two part programme which focuses on American genealogist and amateur historian Paul Polansky and how he brought to Czech and worldwide attention the…
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Prague Castle defends decision to host Auschwitz liberation events
Remembrance events marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, organized by the European Jewish Congress in the Czech Republic have…
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