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Tomáš Bím. Studio
The painter Tomáš Bím and I were at one time near-neighbours, with only a few hundred metres between our houses on the Berounka river, in the vicinity of Dobřichovice. I fell in lov... Read More
The Czechs: 1918 – How Masaryk conceived Czechoslovakia
The Czechoslovak Republic was born in the heads of a handful of people: T. G. Masaryk, Edvard Beneš, and M. R. Štefánik. During WWI, in exile, they managed to convince key statesmen to support... Read More
The Czechs: 1952 – How Gottwald murdered Slánský
The Communist President Gottwald is in his fourth year in power. He might have reason to be happy, but no, being under the shadow of the Soviet dictator Stalin means being in constant fear for one’s... Read More
The Czechs: 1942 – How those in London came up with the assassination of Heydrich
Czechoslovakia was one of the first countries overcome by the Nazis, but ex-President Beneš did not give up, even while exiled in Britain. It was in London that plans were laid to get rid of the hate... Read More