Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:30:18 +0200https://english.radio.cz/magdalena-platzova-i-was-fainting-fear-narodni-8115807© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalCzechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution was sparked by a student demonstration on November 17, 1989 that was brutally quelled by riot police. Among those on the front line of those clashes was writer Magdaléna Platzová. The daughter of dissident Eda Kriseová, at 17 years old she had already taken part in a number of demonstrations. But, she says, nothing prepared her for the violence that surrounded her on Prague’s Národní St. on that now famous day.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/platzova_magdalena.jpg?timestamp=1729761775 https://english.radio.cz/magdalena-platzova-i-was-fainting-fear-narodni-8115807 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9