A personal look at Otakar Machotka, a leader of the 1945 Prague Uprising

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:15:40 +0200A personal look at Otakar Machotka, a leader of the 1945 Prague Uprisinghttps://english.radio.cz/a-personal-look-otakar-machotka-a-leader-1945-prague-uprising-8610891© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThere is an old framed photograph in my parents' house, which I have known since childhood. In the foreground, you can see the back of the head of Edvard Benes, the second President of Czechoslovakia. And bowing forward to shake the president's hand is a distinguished-looking man with shiny matinee-idol hair and a neatly-folded kerchief in his pocket. That's Otakar Machotka, my grandfather.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 A personal look at Otakar Machotka, a leader of the 1945 Prague Uprising https://english.radio.cz/a-personal-look-otakar-machotka-a-leader-1945-prague-uprising-8610891 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9