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Budget deficit for 2005 to reach nearly 84bn; Justice Ministry to review
hundreds of 'rigged bankruptcies'; Toyota plant in Kolin short of 2,000
workers; U.S.-EU duty spat spells trouble for Czech glassmakers; Record
number of foreigners visited the Czech Republic this year
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Business NewsA new line of Toyotas, Peugeots and Citroens from Kolin - made in Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has become a magnet for Japanese investments, especially
in the automotive industry. Maida Agovic spoke to Mr. Masatake Enomoto,
the President of the Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile company which has
invested close to EUR 1.5 billion in their new factory in Kolin, creating
3,000 new jobs. Maida Agovic has been finding out more about investment
from the Far East and the Czech production of new Toyota, Peugeot, and
Citroen small cars.
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Current AffairsLovers of brass-band music gather in Central Bohemia
One of the possibilities for such a low voter turnout at the European
Parliament Elections over the weekend may have been due to competing
events. The 2004 International Brass Band Music Festival drew many to the
Central Bohemian town of Kolin. Kay Grigar was there.
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One on OneMurray Greenfield: encouraging Czech children to learn about the Holocaust
In this week's One on One, David Vaughan speaks to Murray Greenfield, a
Jewish American who - like his four brothers - was drafted into the
services at the outbreak of World War Two. After the war, Murray - who had
served in the merchant marine - was asked to volunteer his services in the
semi-legal operation to bring Jews out of Europe to Palestine. He later
settled in Israel, where he met his future wife Hana - a Jewish
Holocaust-survivor from the Czech town of Kolin. Both have written books
about their experiences. The couple recently visited the Czech Republic -
and when Murray came into the studio, David asked him what had brought
them to Prague.
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WitnessHana Greenfield - lucky to be alive?
In 1942 Hana Lustigova, now Greenfield, was a teenager in the town of Kolin, east of Prague. Along with her mother and sister, she was sent by the Nazis to the Terezin Jewish Ghetto. This was just after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, who had ruled occupied Bohemia and Moravia with unsurpassed brutality. Hana, with her mother and sister, only narrowly avoided being sent straight to the gas chambers of the East among 1000 other Czech Jews, sent as a so-called Punishment Transport in retaliation for Heydrich. That was sixty years ago this week. Although her mother was murdered in Auschwitz, Hana survived. By a tragic irony, it is quite likely that the Cyklon B gas that killed her mother and millions of other European Jews was manufactured in Hana Greenfield's hometown of Kolin. She is sometimes asked if she feels lucky to be alive. Here is her response. More
WitnessHana Greenfield - lucky to be alive?
In 1942 Hana Lustigova, now Greenfield, was a teenager in the town of Kolin, east of Prague. Along with her mother and sister, she was sent by the Nazis to the Terezin Jewish Ghetto. This was just after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, who had ruled occupied Bohemia and Moravia with unsurpassed brutality. Hana, with her mother and sister, only narrowly avoided being sent straight to the gas chambers of the East among 1000 other Czech Jews, sent as a so-called Punishment Transport in retaliation for Heydrich. That was sixty years ago this week. Although her mother was murdered in Auschwitz, Hana survived. By a tragic irony, it is quite likely that the Cyklon B gas that killed her mother and millions of other European Jews was manufactured in Hana Greenfield's hometown of Kolin. She is sometimes asked if she feels lucky to be alive. Here is her response. More
