Topic
History
- Second World War |
- Czech-German relations |
- Archeology |
- First republic |
- Communism |
- Czech Radio history |
- 1968
My people will never abandon their democratic way of life: the irony of a 1945 speech by Edvard Beneš
In the spring of 1945, just before he ended his six-year exile in Britain,
President Edvard Beneš gave an address in English that was broadcast by
the BBC. The fight to liberate Czechoslovakia was still under way, but by
now it was clear that the war was drawing to a close and Beneš was already
looking towards the post-war future of his country. A recording of the
historic speech was recently rediscovered in the Czech Foreign Ministry,
and is one of a number of archive broadcasts that David Vaughan has been
studying with his students from the Anglo-American University in Prague. Více
Who’s the daddy of the daddy of the nation?
Czechoslovakia’s founder and first president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk is
hugely respected by many Czechs and still referred to as the tatínek
(daddy) of the nation. But who was the great man’s own father? According
to a book that has received a lot of attention lately, it may have been
none other than Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph 1. Více
Changes in teaching and writing history in the past two decades
Last time in Czech History, Michal Pullmann discussed his research into
Czechoslovak society in the 1980s. In this second in a two-part special, he
reflects upon the public role that historians play more generally in the
Czech Republic today. I met him in his office at Charles University’s
Institute of Economic and Social History, so it seemed only natural to
start by asking him about his teaching: Více
Czechs mark 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
This Friday marks the 47th anniversary of invasion of Czechoslovakia by
Soviet-led troops in 1968, which crushed the short-lived Prague Spring
reform movement and brought in political and moral decline which lasted
until the late 1980’s. On Friday, the event was commemorated at a
traditional ceremony in front of the Czech Radio building, which bore
witness to one of the most brutal clashes between civilian protesters and
the occupying forces. Více
Michal Pullmann on Perestroika, Violence, and Remembering the Communist Past
Michal Pullmann is head of the Institute of Economic and Social History at
Charles University in Prague. In this first of a two-part edition of Czech
History, he discusses his research, which has focused most recently on the
last years of communism in Czechoslovakia. When I met Pullmann in his
office recently, I started by asking him about his book Konec Experimentu
(The End of The Experiment), which examines the influence of Soviet
Perestroika on different groups in Czechoslovak society in the late 1980s.
My first question was how Perestroika was formulated and whether this drive
for reform resulted in a new political language: Více
Second World War
My people will never abandon their democratic way of life: the irony of a 1945 speech by Edvard Beneš
Commemorative events pay tribute to Czechoslovak RAF pilots
Message of student solidarity still powerful after more than seventy years
Wall inscriptions by Terezín prisoners had been forgotten for decades, says researcher
Czech-German relations
Archeology
Czech archeologists discover tomb of previously unknown queen in Egypt
Newly discovered Vyšehrad church could shed light on early mediaeval Bohemia
Czech National Museum exhibits three of the country's most renowned archaeological objects
Mediaeval Bohemian coin found in Israel identified as denier of Ottokar II
First republic
Communism
Czech Radio history
1968
Czechs mark 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia
Czech researchers probe secret Soviet era archives in Ukraine
Eliyahu Rips: The Latvian Palach-inspired “human torch” protester who survived
Czech friend’s connection to '68 pics gave me goose bumps, says Paul Goldsmith, US teen photographer who captured Soviet invasion