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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 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
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
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