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Current AffairsAnniversary of Prague uprising marked by commemorative ceremony
It was a now famous appeal broadcast from the Czech Radio or Český
Rozhlas building on May 5, 1945, which sparked the Prague rising against
the continued Nazi occupation. The 64th anniversary of the event was marked
at the radio building on Tuesday at the precise time of the original
broadcast.
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From the ArchivesPrague Uprising: “Do not let Prague be destroyed!”
In last week’s From the Archives we heard about radio’s central role in
the Prague Uprising against the German occupation at the end of World War
II. Not only did the signal for the uprising to begin come over the air,
but the radio also helped to co-ordinate the fighting. It also played a
third role. At the time the Red Army was already approaching Prague from
the east, and General Patton’s Third Army was in Plzeň just a few dozen
kilometres to the west. Many of those fighting in the streets of Prague
were untrained and had few weapons, and the scale of the German resistance,
especially the SS units, took many by surprise. The radio appealed to the
Americans, British and Russians for help.
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Current AffairsCzechs commemorate anniversary of Prague Uprising
On May 5 1945, Czech Radio or Český Rozhlas formally turned against the
Nazi German government occupying the country and called on protesters to
openly oppose Nazi rule. Today marks the 63rd anniversary of this
incident,
which ultimately led to the liberation of the Czech lands from Nazi rule. More
Current AffairsA Scottish hero of the Prague Uprising remembers
The appeal "Volame vsechny Cechy" - calling all Czechs - is
probably the best known recording in Czech Radio's archive. A radio
announcer calls on Czechs to rise up against the German occupation. The
date is the 5th May 1945, in the dying days of the war, and the broadcast
marked the beginning of the Prague Uprising. In three days of fighting,
over three thousand Czechs lost their lives, before the Red Army finally
entered the city. Much of the fighting took place right here, in the radio
building in Vinohradska Street. This Friday, as every year, wreathes
were laid by the main entrance, to remember those who gave their lives.
But
not all those who helped to build the barricades in those dramatic days
were Czech, as David Vaughan reports. More
Current AffairsGunfire at the radio - sixty years on
Exactly 60 years ago, on 5th May 1945, the Prague Uprising against the
German occupiers began here in the very building that houses Radio Prague.
"Calling all Czechs" went the now legendary appeal over the
airwaves, as defiant radio journalists here at our headquarters in
Vinohradska Street, called on the people of Prague to rise up against
their occupiers. In the three days that followed over 2,000 Czechs lost
their lives in intense street fighting that focused more than anywhere
else on the radio building.
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Czechs in History"Calling all Czechs, calling all Czechs!" - the Prague Uprising remembered
Last week marked the 59th anniversary of the final days that led-up to the
end of the Second World War. In Bohemia those fateful days were defined by
the Prague Uprising, which saw some 30, 000 take up arms in the Czech
capital against their German occupiers. Though the Nazi grip on Bohemia
and Moravia began to weaken, the threat of newer Nazi atrocities grew with
every passing hour.
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Current AffairsMay 5th marks the 59th anniversary of the Prague Uprising
May 5th is the 59th anniversary of the Prague Uprising that saw Czechs
engage their German occupiers in deadly battle, in an attempt to take back
their city during the final days of the Second World War. At 12:33 on May
5th Prague radio called on all Czechs to take up arms in the organised
resistance: it was the beginning of five days of fierce fighting that
would see thousands lose their lives. More
Current AffairsThe Battle of the Airwaves: the extraordinary story of Czechoslovak Radio and the 1945 Prague Uprising
Welcome to a special programme to mark the 58th anniversary of the end of
the Second World War, a national holiday in the Czech Republic. The
anniversary has a special significance in Prague, because it was here that
some of the last shots of the war in Europe were fired, long after most
European cities had been freed. The liberation of Prague by the Red Army
on the 9th May 1945 was preceded by three days of fierce fighting in the
streets of the city, and over 3000 people lost their lives fighting for
Prague's freedom. In the uprising, the radio and the very building from
which we are now broadcasting, was right at the heart of events.
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