History
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National Museum acquires largest collection in fifty years
The National Museum in Prague has made its biggest acquisition over the past fifty years, acquiring more than 700 000 documents and other items from the Museum of the…
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Forgotten chapter in history: Jewish refugees in the First World War
This year the whole of Europe is commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. The Jewish Museum in Prague is marking the anniversary with an…
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Radical plan for crumbling Czech monuments draws criticism
The sorry state of hundreds of Czech historical buildings and other registered landmarks has prompted a radical proposal. Deputy Czech ombudsman Stanislav Křeček has…
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Newly discovered Vyšehrad church could shed light on early mediaeval Bohemia
The recent discovery of a 1,000 year-old church at Prague’s historical Vyšehrad fort has excited experts who believe it could shed light on the nation’s early Christian…
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Parallels exist between Soviet invasion and Russian actions today, says minister at 1968 memorial
Thursday is the 46th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia that crushed the Prague Spring reform movement, ushering in two decades of so-called…
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“Disappeared Science” commemorates Jewish scholars of Bohemia and Moravia killed in Holocaust
The Nazi persecution of the Jewish people before and during WWII affected all layers of the society, regardless of the victims’ social status or achievements. Among the…
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Czech National Museum exhibits three of the country's most renowned archaeological objects
Three of the most valued archaeological objects ever found on Czech territory have gone on exhibit in Prague‘s National Museum. Among them is the oldest ceramic object in…
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Clam-Gallas family correspondence provides moving testimony of the two world wars – Part II
Christine Kelly is the granddaughter of Edina Winkelbauer, nee Clam-Gallas (1889-1970), a member of the old nobility who was a nurse with the Knights of Malta on the…
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Mariusz Surosz: Czechs and Poles – “Nobody Knows Anything”
One of the curious things about Central Europe is how little people from the various countries of the region know about each other. A recent sociological study suggested…
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Clam-Gallas family correspondence provides moving testimony of the two world wars – Part I
Christine Kelly is the granddaughter of Edina Winkelbauer, nee Clam-Gallas (1889-1970), a member of the old nobility who was a nurse with the Knights of Malta on the…
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First woman rabbi Regina Jonas honoured in Terezín
Almost eighty years after her ordination, the world’s first woman rabbi, Regina Jonas, has been honoured at the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezín. Several of her…
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One hundredth anniversary of the start of the Great War marked
July 28th marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War which later came to be known as World War I. On this date in 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared…
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