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Current AffairsVáclav Havel honoured at Prague’s Chanukah ceremony
The late president Václav Havel was honoured by Prague’s Jewish
community on Wednesday during a Chanukah lighting ceremony in Jan Palach
square in the centre of the capital. Jewish leaders, along with diplomats
and the mayor of Prague, said the festival celebrates the same values
Václav Havel always stood up for. More
Current AffairsSurvivors remember first transport to Terezín in winter of 1941
It's exactly seventy years since the first transport of Czechoslovak Jews
left Prague, bound for the garrison town of Terezín, transformed by the
Nazis into a ghetto and concentration camp. Some 140,000 Jewish men, women
and children were sent to Terezín, known as Theresienstadt in German; most
of them were later killed at Auschwitz. A number of events were held this
week bringing together Terezín survivors, one of them on Thursday evening
at the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. More
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 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
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
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