The Great ‘Zionist Experiment’ Was Another Nazi Lie — The Terezín Ghetto located in former Czechoslovakia was established by the Nazis on 24 November 1941. The camp served a vital function during the so-called Final Solution until its liberation on 9 May 1945 by the Red Army. The Nazis went to extraordinary lengths to convince the Allies that this…

Nacistické Československo očima mého pradědečka — „ Základním měřítkem člověka není to, kde se nachází ve chvílích klidu a pohodlí, ale to, kde se nachází v době výzvy a sporu. “ — Martin Luther King ml. Odbojáři, „revoluční gardy“, partyzáni, gerily to všechno jsou jména spojená s tisíci mužů a žen, kteří se ke konci druhé…

Nacistické Československo očima mého pradědečka — Nucené práce a otroctví nejsou novým jevem. Každá civilizace v historii nutila nebo vykořisťovala lidi k práci v nelidských a ilegálních podmínkách pro ekonomický zisk. Dodnes žijí v podmínkách moderního otroctví desítky milionů lidí. Když se Adolf Hitler a Nacionalistická Socialistická Strana v roce 1933 dostali k moci, začali budovat…

The phantom menace who became a national hero — Most stereotypes of Czech people enduring Nazi tyranny present them as cowards, collaborators, rebels, and martyrs. Well, add superhero to the list. While the West had Captain America, the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) had its own unlikely avenger known as Pérák, or ‘The Spring Man’. The character started life as…

Nazi Czechoslovakia through the eyes of my great-grandfather — ‘ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ‘ — Martin Luther King Jr. Resistance fighters, ‘Revolutionary Guards,’ partisans, guerrillas are all names associated with the thousands of men and…

Nazi Czechoslovakia through the eyes of my great-grandfather — The use of forced and slave labour is not a new phenomenon. Every civilization in history has profited from exploiting people into working under inhumane and illegal conditions. To this day, tens of millions of people still suffer due to modern slavery. When Adolf Hitler and the Nationalist Socialist party…

Was it divine intervention or Czech sabotage which saved 300 Maltese lives? — The British colony of Malta was essential to the Allied victory in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. It protected Allied supply lines and targeted Axis convoys passing between North Africa and Sicily. But this strategic importance came at a cost. The isolated archipelago was subjected to a gruelling…

Time to dust off my PS2 — After publishing my previous article on Call of Duty: World at War (2008), this prompted me to resurrect an earlier title of the series that paved the way for this later epic. Introducing Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, published in 2005.

Celebrating short films and their creators — ( Ye be warned…Spoilers lie ahead ) If like me, you’ve spent a large part of The Lockdown trilogy on furlough, then you’ll have spent a colossal number of hours absorbing the full scope of what streaming services such as Netflix have to offer. By now, you may be suffering…