Hundreds of viewers poured in to the outdoor cinema venue of Kasarna Karlin on the evening of August 21, 2018 for a celebration of democracy and freedom with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), its 24/7 Russian-language digital and TV network Current Time, and partner KineDoc.
During the turbulent years that followed the 1968 Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, many Czechs and Slovaks thanked RFE and its members. Their message was always the same: you can't imagine how important your broadcasts have been for us; please carry on, and don't forget us!
Starting on August 20, 2018, Blinken OSA is sharing "live" coverage of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia with close to 4,000 news items issued by the Central News Room of Radio Free Europe (RFE) between August 20 and September 10, 1968.
Starting on August 20, 2018, The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) is sharing "live" coverage of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, with close to 4,000 news items issued by RFE between August 20 and September 10, 1968.
On a break from his studies, Paul Goldsmith spent a year traveling around Israel and Europe on his motorcycle Vespa, taking photos along the way. He arrived in Prague on August 20, 1968 and woke up the following day to the noise of engines and the sight of tanks. He grabbed his camera and started taking pictures in the streets of Prague.
During Czechoslovakia’s brief period of political liberalization in 1968 known as the Prague Spring, a group of young Czechoslovak journalists made a historic visit to Radio Free Europe’s headquarters in Munich, something that would have been unthinkable before, and after.
RFE/RL contributor Vladimir Tismaneanu reflects on the meaning of the Prague Spring and the impact of the neo-Stalinist freeze that crushed it on Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu's cult of dictatorship.
Current Time TV – RFE/RL’s 24/7 Russian language digital network – in cooperation with Czech NGO KinoDoc, invites you to the premiere screening of “Occupation 1968” on August 21 in the summer cinema Kasarna Karlin.
On the 50th anniversary of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia, RFE/RL Pressroom spoke with Ross Johnson, a former RFE/RL president who in 1968 worked at RFE headquarters in Munich as an assistant to RFE Director Ralph Walter.
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