Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:40:03 +0200https://english.radio.cz/terezin-boy-who-dreamt-flying-moon-escape-horrors-earth-8070583© 2026 Radio Prague International It's six days now since the Columbia disaster, a tragedy which has affected many people around the world. Among the mourners are the people of Israel, who had sent their first astronaut - Ilan Ramon - into space. Among the few possessions Ramon chose to take with him was a drawing entitled "Moon Landscape" - a view of the Earth as seen from the Moon. The picture was drawn by a 14-year-old Jewish boy from Prague called Petr Ginz, most probably during his imprisonment in the Terezin ghetto. One of Ginz's closest friends at Terezin was a boy called Kurt Kotouc, who shared his passion for science and space travel. The friendship came to an end in 1944, when both boys were sent to Auschwitz. Petr Ginz was killed immediately, Kurt Kotouc survived. Now an elderly man, Kurt Kotouc recalled their friendship with my colleague Rob Cameron. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/terezin-boy-who-dreamt-flying-moon-escape-horrors-earth-8070583 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9