History
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The deep scars of the Cold War: Victoria Dougherty draws on own family’s dramatic history for The…
In the profile on her blog site, Victoria Dougherty writes that she comes from “the ultimate Cold War family”, a description it would be hard to disagree with. In this…
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Eliyahu Rips: The Latvian Palach-inspired “human torch” protester who survived
When Jan Palach burned himself to death in January 1969 over the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, his radical protest was echoed by a number of young men in the Eastern…
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Prague exhibit explores role of music in modern Czech history
From the Hussite wars of the Middle Ages to the Velvet Revolution of 1989, many pivotal events in Czech history occurred against a musical backdrop, at least in the nation…
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Priest tortured to death over “miracle” could get decent burial 65 years later
Josef Toufar, a priest tortured to death by the communist secret police for allegedly faking a “miracle”, could be about to finally get a decent burial. Almost 65 years…
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Play about two extraordinary Shoah survivors from Prague enjoys two months’ run at off-Broadway…
This summer, an off-Broadway theatre in New York put on a play about the actress Hana Pravda and the athlete Miloš Dobrý, two extraordinary Czech Jews living in Prague…
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Transit of East German refugees through Prague remembered 25 years later
Twenty-five years ago, the West German Embassy in a normally quiet part of Prague’s Malá Strana became a refuge for hundreds of East Germans, desperately trying to escape…
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Czech Statehood Day: A look at the symbols of the nation
In a special programme to mark Czech Statehood Day, I am joined in the studio by Ondřej Matějka, who is the Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian…
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Czech friend’s connection to '68 pics gave me goose bumps, says Paul Goldsmith, US teen…
When I asked Paul Goldsmith by phone if he knew where Czech Radio was he said, I think so, but the last time I saw it it was on fire. At just 19 he had found himself in…
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How the Velvet Revolution overturned the literary landscape
Writers were at the forefront of the Velvet Revolution. But when the dust settled on the political changes they found a fast changing publishing revolution underway that…
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President receives delegation of WW II veterans
President Miloš Zeman on Wednesday received a delegation of Czechoslovak WWII veterans at Prague Castle, members of a branch of the Czech Association of Freedom Fighters…
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“Adventurers Against Their Will” highlights fate of people displaced during WWII
During the Second World War, millions of people lost their homes, family and friends, and were forced to start new lives elsewhere. The book Adventurers Against Their Will…
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Czech court clears publishers of Hitler speeches
The publishers of Adolf Hitler’s speeches have been cleared of charges of propagating Nazism. A court in Brno said the collection of the Nazi dictator’s speeches was…
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