Czech Radio and institutions sign agreement to map and preserve authentic testimonies on 20th century Czech history
Public broadcaster Czech Radio and a number of professional institutions like the Jewish Museum in Prague and Prague's Institute of Contemporary History recently signed a new agreement to cooperate on mapping and preserving important stories and oral histories from 20th century Czechoslovakia. Reporters Mikulas Kroupa and Adam Drda initiated the project, explaining to journalists that the main aim was to record lasting and complete testimonies by witnesses who survived some of history's most difficult periods: the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Czechoslovakia's descent into Stalinism in the 1950s, the time of the forced collectivisation and forced labour camps. Ultimately, it is hoped, new stories will bring new perspective to such periods' impact on ordinary lives.
