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Thanks to Steven Spielberg the name of Oskar Schindler is known the world over, but this programme is about an almost forgotten contemporary of Schindler, who deserves a similar place in history. In the course of the tumultuous 20th century, Premysl Pitter, born in Prague in 1895, did more than perhaps anyone else to help children - Czech, German and Jewish - through some of the most horrific moments of European history.

And now it's time for Czechs in History, with me Nick Carey, and this week we take a look at the life of Jan Zizka, the commander-in-chief of the Hussite forces at the start of the Hussite Wars...

And now it's time for this week's edition of Czechs in History, in which we examine the lives of famous figures in the history of the Czech Lands. Today, we take a look at Czechoslovak President Eduard Benes...

And now it's time for this week's edition of Czechs in History, in which we examine the lives of famous figures in the history of the Czech Lands. Today, Nick Carey paints a portrait of Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha...

And now it's time for this week's edition of Czechs in History, and today Nick Carey looks at a recent figure in Czech history, the first wife of President Vaclav Havel, Olga Havlova, who died at the end of January 1996...

And now it's time for this week' edition of Czechs in History, in which we look at some of the great figures in the history of the Czech Lands. This week, Nick Carey takes a look at Czech composer Bedrich Smetana...

And now it's time for this week's edition of Czechs in History, in which we take a look a look at the lives of famous people in the history of the Czech Lands. Today, Nick Carey examines the life of Jan Hus, and the controversy that surrounds him to this day...

And now it's time for the next edition in our series Czechs in History, in which we examine the lives of famous people throughout the history of the Czech Lands. In this week's Czechs in History, Nick Carey takes a look at author and journalist Karel Capek...

And now it's time for the first of a new series of programmes that examines the lives of famous figures in Czech history. In this week's Czechs in History, Nick Carey looks at the life and career of one of the most famous of all Czechs, particularly in recent history, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk...