0 Books / Celebrities / Commies / Czechs Abroad / History / Social Media Posts 3 December, 2019 Milan Kundera becomes Czech citizen, in ceremony at his Paris home; Commie regime stripped 90-year-old writer of his Czechoslovak citizenship in 1979 after he went into exile in France in 1975 (Novinky) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Commies / Film / History / Social Media Posts / Tragedies 16 November, 2019 Legendary people-smuggler Josef Hasil, who helped dozens escape Commie-era Czechoslovakia, dies aged 95 in Chicago; Hasil’s exploits inspired villain in 1959 film Kral Sumavy (“King of the Sumava”) but later earned 2001 heroism medal from President Havel (Blesk) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Commies / Education / Local News / Politics / Social Media Posts 8 November, 2019 Controversial Communist Party (KSCM) politician Zdenek Ondracek copied parts of his 2011 PhD dissertation, Palacky University Olomouc investigation finds – but university says offence occurred too long ago to strip former Commie-era riot cop of his academic title (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Celebrations / Commies / History / Music / Radio / Social Media Posts 7 November, 2019 Public and commercial Czech radio stations to play Marta Kubisova song “Modlitba pro Martu” at 5:11pm (17:11) on 17 November (17/11) to mark Velvet Revolution’s 30th anniversary; banned singer’s ballad was unofficial anthem of 1989’s anti-Commie protests (CTK) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Commies / Czechs Abroad / Fotbal / History / Social Media Posts 23 October, 2019 Fotbal: Ahead of tonight’s (Wednesday’s) Slavia Praha-Barcelona Champions League game, the official Barca website tells the amazing story of Jiri “Jorge” Hanke, the only Czech to have played for Barcelona, and the only man to have played for both teams (FC Barcelona) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Commies / Film / History / Hokej / Social Media Posts 21 September, 2019 Cool: “Twenty-four Hours in Czechoslovakia”, a 1968 Canadian documentary about the “daily life of some of the people of an extraordinary nation” and featuring Slovak-Canadian ice hockey legend Stan Mikita, is now on YouTube (NFB on YouTube) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Architecture / Commies / History / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts 19 September, 2019 City of Prague ordered to immediately close underground part of former Stalin monument in Letna park, Prague 7-Holesovice, due to risk of collapse, and given five days to reinforce above-ground area around metronome (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Commies / History / Politics / Signage / Social Media Posts 22 July, 2019 More than a hundred Prague 3 residents petition district council to rename Konevova ulice; Zizkov street is named after Soviet military commander Ivan Stepanovich Konev, whose forces drove the Nazis from Prague but also suppressed 1956’s Hungarian Uprising (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post] External Link
0 Commies / History / Social Media Posts / Technology 17 February, 2019 Cool: Jaroslav Svelch’s “Gaming the Iron Curtain” book and companion website tell the story of video games in 1980s Czechoslovakia (Gaming the Iron Curtain) [Social Media Post] Link
0 Commies / History / Social Media Posts / Tragedies 23 January, 2019 Jan Palach brought gun to Prague on day of 1968 invasion and considered shooting Russian soldiers, claims historian Petr Blazek (Aktualne) [Social Media Post] Link