While the Jewish cemeteries and synagogues in Prague have attracted tourists for many years, the other Jewish centres in the…
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Accumulating tension between the Slovak and Czech majority, and the country's sizeable German minority, reached a peak when, during 1938,…
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Bohemia was being ruled by absent kings after George's death till 1526, when the throne was claimed by the Habsburgs.…
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Václav Havel is a former playwright and dissident, who rose to become the President of the nation of Czechoslovakia as…
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The Hussite period is perhaps the most important period in Czech history, but it is certainly the most exciting. Jan…
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In 1306, John of Luxembourg was elected King of Bohemia, mainly thanks to his marriage to a Přemyslid princess and…
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It is in Roman records that historians can trace the history of the Boii, who were a Celtic tribe living…
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Many experts believe that the Roma, who make up about 0.3% of the Czech population, originated in India, but it…
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During September of 1941, the SS 2nd in-command, and a personal favorite of Hitler, Reinhard Heydrich, who was 1 of…
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Two thousand years ago, the Romans expelled the Jews from Israel (the Holy Land). However: "The Torah was their sanctuary…
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Early in 1968, Antonín Novotný – a politician known for his hard line stance – was replaced as the First…
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The legacy of Communism still very much lives on in the hearts and minds of the Czech Republic and still…
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