Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:39:27 +0200https://english.radio.cz/post-war-czechoslovak-exile-overlooked-chapter-nations-modern-history-8544300© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe 20th century saw scores of Czechs and Slovaks leaving their country to escape political oppression. After the communist takeover of 1948, some 40,000 people left and settled in Western countries such as the United States, where many of them joined various exile groups, trying to hasten the fall of the totalitarian regime and to warn free nations of the dangers of communism. In this edition of Czech History, I discuss some of the achievements and failures of the Czechoslovak émigré community in the US with researcher Martin Nekola.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/unor_1948.jpg?timestamp=1637057956 https://english.radio.cz/post-war-czechoslovak-exile-overlooked-chapter-nations-modern-history-8544300 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9