I was recently involved in making a film about Lidice, the Czech village that the Nazis wiped off the map in June 1942. In the course of my research I met many people…
Ahead of the 30th anniversary of China’s crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Radio Prague spoke to Filip Jirouš, coordinator of the…
Writer and former dissident Eda Kriseová worked closely with Václav Havel during his first few years as president. She headed Prague Castle’s Complaints and Pardons…
On the 28th of October, 1939, Czechoslovak Independence day, Czech students took to the streets to demonstrate against the Nazi occupation. The protest was brutally…
Historian Daniel Lee's latest book, The SS Officer’s Armchair: Uncovering the hidden life of a Nazi, is the story of a German lawyer who served in in occupied Prague.
Janek Rubeš of Honest Guide discusses how the coronavirus crisis is likely to impact tourism in Prague in the longer run – and efforts to target new kinds of visitors.
The Czech Radio archives include many recordings from the time of World War II. They come from both sides: propaganda from within occupied Bohemia and Moravia aimed at…
YouTuber Bald and Bankrupt has seen a meteoric rise on the popular video site since he began posting videos of his travels through countries of the former USSR.
In the profile on her blog site, Victoria Dougherty writes that she comes from “the ultimate Cold War family”, a description it would be hard to disagree with. In this…
