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Today in Mailbox: Problems with sending e-mail messages to Radio Prague,
comments on interview with Holocaust survivor Zdenka Fantlova, Talking
Point on foundation of Charter 77, Radio Prague on DRM. Listeners quoted:
Evelyn Coviello, Constantin Liviu Viorel, Helmut Matt.
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One on OneZdenka Fantlova - Part 1
Zdenka Fantlova is a truly remarkable woman. Now in her 80s, this charming
lady is still busy travelling and lecturing about her life experience.
Meeting her, you would never guess she has been through hell. Coming from
a Czech Jewish family, at the age of 18 she was transported to the Terezin
concentration camp in Bohemia. Other camps followed: Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen
and Mauthausen.
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Today in Mailbox: we reveal the name of the mystery man from last month's
competition and announce the names of the four lucky winners. You will
also find out the new question for December. Listeners quoted: J. R.
Tinsley, Suresh Agrawal, Henk Poortvliet, Elamir Ghattas, Ian Morisson,
George Perez, Roy Kitson.
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Current AffairsMPs abolish deadline for claims of art objects confiscated from Holocaust victims
In April this year, the Foundation for Holocaust Victims announced that it
concluded a compensation programme for Holocaust victims; it had
distributed over 4 million dollars put in by the Czech state among some
500 claimants from 27 countries. However, an important chapter still
remained to be addressed regarding the mitigation of property injustices
caused to Holocaust victims - the return of confiscated art objects. The
deadline for claims was originally set for the end of this year. But
thanks to an amendment to the law, Holocaust survivors and their families
may now be able to claim art objects stolen from them over 60 years ago
even after January 1.
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Current Affairs"Seven Candles" to remember Czech composers who died in the Holocaust
The impact of the Holocaust on Czech classical music was devastating. Many
Czech composers were of Jewish origin, and during the German occupation
were deported to the Terezin ghetto north of Prague. Although some managed
to continue performing under the difficult conditions of the ghetto, nearly
all were later killed in Auschwitz and other death camps. On Monday their
music and their tragic fate will be remembered at a concert in Prague. The
concert, entitled "Seven Candles", is one of many events this
year to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Prague's Jewish
museum. It was organized by the cellist Frantisek Brikcius, who will also
be performing alongside the Talich Chamber Orchestra. He tells us about
the concert.
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Current AffairsCzech Radio and institutions sign agreement to map and preserve authentic testimonies on 20th century Czech history
Public broadcaster Czech Radio and a number of professional institutions
like the
Jewish Museum in Prague and Prague's Institute of Contemporary History
recently signed a new agreement to cooperate on mapping and preserving
important stories and oral histories from 20th century Czechoslovakia.
Reporters Mikulas Kroupa and Adam Drda initiated the project, explaining
to journalists that the main aim was to record lasting and complete
testimonies by witnesses who survived some of history's most difficult
periods: the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Czechoslovakia's descent
into Stalinism in the 1950s, the time of the forced collectivisation and
forced labour camps. Ultimately, it is hoped, new stories will bring new
perspective to such periods' impact on ordinary lives. More
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