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Current AffairsKoh-i-noor - a tale of two brothers, a famous painting, and the Holocaust
Two years ago, representatives of 46 governments gathered at the former
Nazi concentration camp in Terezín, an hour’s drive north of Prague.
Among the many pledges contained within the pages of the Terezín
Declaration was a promise to expedite the return of private property seized
from Jews during the Holocaust and still not returned. Many descendants,
however, are still waiting to get their family's property back. More
Current AffairsExhibit on Sir Nicholas Winton’s children kicks off in London and Prague
Saturday saw the opening of an unusual exhibit held in both Prague and in
London, honoring Sir Nicholas Winton, who organized the rescue of nearly
700 Jewish children by train from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to London
in 1939. The exhibit, organized by director and photographer Jaroslav
Brabec and Olga Menzelová, wife of the well-known Czech director Jiří
Menzel, tells the stories of those who later came to be known Winton’s
children. In attendance were some of them, as well as Sir Nicholas himself,
who celebrated his 102nd birthday last week. Czech Radio correspondent Jan
Jůn, who attended the event in London, describes the mood. More
Current AffairsOSCE conference in Prague addresses anti-Semitism in public discourse
Representatives of 56 member countries of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe met in Prague this week for a conference on
anti-Semitism in public discourse, hosted by the Czech Foreign Ministry.
The participants called for more decisive steps to combat expressions of
hatred and intolerance, and stressed the need for better data on
anti-Semitic incidents. RP talked to Rabbi Andrew Baker, the Personal
Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating
Anti-Semitism, about the Prague meeting. More
Current AffairsAuthor Arnošt Lustig dies at 84
The Czech Jewish writer, Arnošt Lustig died in Prague on Saturday at the
age of 84. A survivor of several Nazi concentration camps, he made the
Holocaust the central theme of his work that includes novels Dita Saxová,
A Prayer for Kateřina Horovitzová, Lovely Green Eyes, and many others. He
also worked as a reporter at Radio Prague in the 1950s. More
One on OneDocumentary filmmaker Martin Šmok on a database of 52,000 testimonies of the Holocaust
The visual history archive of the Shoa Foundation of University of Southern
California contains more than 50,000 testimonies of holocaust survivors. A
year ago, Prague became one of three European locations where the complete
database can be accessed. The database should soon be extended by
testimonies from the genocides in Cambodia and Rwanda, that will also be
made accessible from the Czech capital. In this edition of One on One, RP
talked to the Czech filmmaker Martin Šmok, who works with the foundation
and even shot filmed of the material. More
Current AffairsJewish WWII veterans commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day
Several events were held in the Czech Republic on Thursday to commemorate
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the 66th anniversary of
the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Several Jewish veterans
and resistance workers from the Second World War met at Prague’s Czech
Centre on Thursday afternoon to pay tribute to the victims of the Shoa, and
to remember their fellow fighters. More
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