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This week in Mailbox: the village of Lidice in Central Bohemia, where is
the Red River Valley mentioned in a song featured in SoundCzech, a
restoration project discussed in Insight Central Europe, and what colour
is the red squirrel? Listeners quoted: Elizabeth Funnekotter, Charles
Chambers, Dick Derksen, Aloisie Krasny, Paul Kail.
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Current AffairsThe Lidice massacre after 65 years
On the morning of Wednesday, 10 June, 1942, the village of Lidice, about 20
km North-West of Prague, was destroyed in retaliation for the assassination
of Reinhard Heydrich, the highest ranking Nazi official in the Protectorate
of Bohemia and Moravia. Sixty-five years after the massacre, some lesser
known facts are still emerging.
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Current AffairsAnonymous group to erect "unofficial" memorial to Heydrich assassins
It's 65 years since the assassination of the Reichsprotektor of
Nazi-controlled Bohemia and Moravia Reinhard Heydrich, but surprisingly,
there is no monument in Prague to mark the event. That, however, could be
about to change, as a group of people plan to unveil a memorial - without
the permission of the Prague authorities.
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ArtsOperation Silver A: a new two-part drama looks at the ill-fated mission of Czech paratroopers during WW II
In today's Arts: a new TV drama looks at the ill-fated mission of Czech
paratroopers during WW II. We also talk to the organisers of an awards
ceremony and exhibition recognising the country's best graphic prints. More
Czechs TodayThe Czech Orthodox Church - a community with a long and rich history in Bohemia and Moravia
Although the Orthodox Church has a relatively small congregation in this
country, it has a long and colourful history in the Czech lands. It was
the Orthodox Saints Cyril and Methodius who first brought Christianity to
this part of the world when they converted Great Moravia in the ninth
century, and Moravia was actually the place from where Orthodox
Christianity later spread eastwards to Ukraine and Russia. More
Czechs in HistoryNewly released documents offer insights into Churchill's plans to avenge a German atrocity against Czechs
Today we look at fascinating wartime documents that reveal Churchill's
plans to destroy German villages in revenge for the Nazi massacre in the
Czech village of Lidice. We see behind the scenes into Churchill's war
cabinet, and witness how the shockwaves from the Lidice massacre reached
as far as the corridors of power in London.
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Current AffairsCzech WWII resistance fighters' remains may still be in use at German medical faculties
The corpses of some of Czechoslovakia's most celebrated war heroes may be
serving as models in anatomy classes in Germany and Austria to this day.
Thousands of political prisoners were murdered at the Ploetzensee
detention and execution centre outside Berlin during WWII. Among them were
nearly seven hundred Czech and Slovak resistance fighters, whose bodies
were immediately sent on to medical universities and institutions within
the Third Reich. More
Current AffairsUK rock band release single in Czech about 1942 assassination of Heydrich
This Thursday the English rock band British Sea Power - who have an
affection for all things Czech - are playing a concert at the Roxy club in
Prague at which they will be launching a new single that will only be
available in the Czech Republic. The song "A Lovely Day
Tomorrow/Zitra Bude Krasny Den" appears in both English and Czech on
the limited edition release, with both versions sung by Katerina Winterova
of the Czech band Ecstasy of St Theresa. More
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