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Today in Mailbox: Ways of listening to Radio Prague, Radio Prague's
signature tune, earthquake in New Zealand, Prague's Olšanské Cemetery.
Listeners quoted: Hiroshi Kawamura, Nobuya Kato, Avinash Premraj, Soumya
Bhattacharjeem, Bob Boundy, Barbara Ziemba. More
Czech BooksBeetles, gravediggers and a familiar face from Radio Prague
Radio Prague’s literary connections go back over seventy years, starting
even before the Second World War. Well known writers like Arnošt Lustig,
Lenka Reinerová or Benjamin Kuras have all at one time worked here. And
the tradition continues. Pavla Horáková, known to many Radio Prague
listeners as the voice of our letters programme Mailbox, has just had a
novel for children published with glowing reviews. She is David Vaughan’s
guest in this week’s Czech Books. More
Czechs TodayJaroslav Klenovský, the man in charge of South Moravian Jewish heritage
South Moravia is a region in the Czech Republic known for many things – a
sunny climate, interesting folklore and reasonably good wine. Being the
most visited region of the country outside Prague, many people come for
historic sights, chateaus and mediaeval castles. But few visitors realize
the region along the borders with Austria and Slovakia boats a number of
Jewish monuments from times long gone. Most of them now belong to the
Jewish Community in Brno which has one man to take care of them –
architect Jaroslav Klenovský.
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Current AffairsTerezín wartime memorial hit by theft
More than 300 bronze plates with the names of wartime victims were stolen
last week from the National Cemetery in Terezín, north of Prague, which
served as a ghetto for Czech and European Jews and housed a Gestapo-run
prison during the Second World War. Commemorative plaques have been stolen
in the past but never on such a large scale. Now it seems unlikely that
they could be restored by May 18, a day commemorating the victims of Nazi
persecution at Terezín. Ruth Fraňková reports.
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This week in Mailbox: we disclose the identity of our January mystery man
and announce the names of the four lucky winners. There will also be a
brand new quiz question. Listeners quoted: Louise Kelleher, Francois
Jooste, J.R. Tinsley, David Eldridge, Constantin Liviu Viorel, Juan Carlos
Gil, Colin Law, Charles Konecny.
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