Current Affairs Silent witness: Raw footage of the Allied liberation of western Bohemia premieres in Prague
Some fifty communities across the western part of the Czech Republic are holding celebrations in the coming days to mark the 60th anniversary of their World War II liberation by U.S., Czech and Belgian soldiers under the command of the American General George S. Patton. The Allies' role in the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi tyranny was, to put it mildly, played down by the Soviet Union for propaganda purposes. Ahead of the celebrations marking 'V-E' day, the U.S. Embassy in Prague has commissioned a compilation of raw, historical footage, which, as Brian Kenety reports, bears silent witness to the Allies' mission, and the raw emotions - of jubilation, vengeance, disbelief, fear and capitulation - of the anonymous Czechs and Germans, Soviets and Allies, depicted therein.
The liberation of Pilsen, photo: www.usembassy.cz
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