Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:37:10 +0200https://english.radio.cz/minister-pledges-abolish-pig-farm-site-former-concentration-camp-8588055© 2026 Radio Prague International For years, numerous Czech governments promised but failed to abolish an infamous pig farm in Lety, South Bohemia, built in the 1970s at the site of a former concentration camp. More than 1,000 Romanies were interned there during World War II and more than 300 died there. But until now, all efforts to abolish the farm, in favour of a proper memorial, have come up short. Now, the newly-named minister for human rights and ethnic minorities, Michael Kocáb, has expressed his own commitment to see the project through. But many have questioned whether he can succeed, where so many others have failed. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/kocab_michael_8.jpg?timestamp=1591344384 https://english.radio.cz/minister-pledges-abolish-pig-farm-site-former-concentration-camp-8588055 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9