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PanoramaHarry Pollak, the man who saved Aston Martin
When Harry Pollak left Czechoslovakia for France in the autumn of 1938, he
had no idea what the future would hold for him. As a teenager, he joined
the exile Czechoslovak army fought the Nazis who murdered his family,
before fleeing his country again after the communist coup of 1948, and
build a career in England from scratch. Mr Pollak gives an account of his
extraordinary life in his recently published memoirs. In this edition of
Panorama, we talk to Harry Pollak about how a boy from a south Bohemian
village ended up saving the famous British car-maker Aston Martin. 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
SpotlightPrague’s church of Saints Cyril and Methodius: place of worship and memorial to victims of Nazi terror
A short walk from the Vltava in Prague’s New Town is the church that
witnessed some of the most dramatic moments during the Nazi occupation of
the country. The crypt beneath the church was the last hiding place for
seven Czechoslovak commandoes, including Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík who
assassinated the Reinhardt Heydrich in 1942. The site now houses an
exhibition dedicated to their heroic actions. But the church also remains a
place of worship for the small Czech Orthodox community. 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
Current AffairsNew drama-doc on Nicholas Winton story premieres in Prague
A new drama-documentary premiered in Prague on Thursday evening about the
incredible story of Nicholas Winton. Called ‘Nicky’s Family’, the
film retells the story of the British man who saved hundreds of Jewish
children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939. Winton was later
knighted for his efforts, and Sir Nicholas, now 101, was in Prague once
again to attend the premiere. More
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