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The Czechs: 1977 – How Rock ‘n’ Roll spawned Charter 77
The year is 1976 and standing in the dock before the Prague Court are The Plastic People of the Universe, a rock band that has attracted enormous public interest. The playwright Václav Havel, al... Read More
The Czechs: 1992 – How Mečiar and Klaus split up the country
When people were out on the squares in November 1989 jingling their keys, hardly anyone would have guessed that one of the first major outcomes of the revolution would be the disintegration of the Sta... Read More
The Czechs: 1938 – How Beneš gave way to Hitler
Autumn 1938. Hitler asks Europe to give an inch, so he can take a mile. The representatives of the Western powers meet in Munich and negotiate – ‘about us, without us’. Czechoslovakia faces... Read More
The Czechs: 1948 – How the Communist Party seized power
February 1948. The big moment for Prime Minister Klement Gottwald. Twelve democratic Government ministers resign in the expectation that Gottwald will fall and President Beneš will appoint an interim... Read More