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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
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
Current AffairsCzech MEP throws damper on appeal for EU ban on denial of communist crimes
Six post-communist EU members, including the Czech Republic have urged
Brussels to push for an EU ban on denial of communist crimes. In a joint
appeal sent to the EU’s justice commissioner, Viviane Reding, they argue
that the principle of justice should assure the same approach to all
totalitarian regimes. Holocaust denial is already banned in many EU states
and the six nations petitioning the EU justice commissioner would like to
see similar treatment applied to the crimes of communism.
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Current AffairsProject in which students map war-time fates of Jews in their locality marks ten years
For a decade now, Czech teenagers have been doing research into the fates
of Jewish people who lived in their localities before, during and after
World War II, as part of a project entitled “Neighbours Who
Disappeared”. Organisers say participants at schools around the country
have learned valuable lessons, and unearthed a lot of previously unknown
information. More
Czech BooksPetr Ginz: a moving dramatization of a wartime diary
It is not often that school plays get to be performed at international
theatre festivals, still less so when it involves taking performers, props
and scenery hundreds of miles half way across a continent. But this is just
what happened when a group of teenagers from Britain brought a brand new
play to Prague’s Fringe Festival in 2008. And it was not by chance that
this play was brought to Prague. In this week’s Czech Books, David
Vaughan finds out more from the play’s author.
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Current AffairsUS government advisor Stuart Eizenstat: economic downturn shouldn’t affect Holocaust property restitution
In June 2009, during the Czech Republic’s EU presidency, 46 countries
pledged to provide assistance to Holocaust survivors, to accelerate the
restitution of property stolen during the Holocaust, and to set up a
special institute to pursue these commitments. The special advisor to the
US secretary of state for Holocaust-era assets, Stuart Eizenstat, is back
in Prague this week checking on developments.
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