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Welcome to Czechs in History. This time takes us through the life of I'll Vojtech Lanna, entrepreneur, patron of the arts and avid collector, and the founder of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague.

Welcome to the latest edition of Czechs in History. The Czech Republic - or rather Czechoslovakia - has two Nobel Prize winners in its history. One of them was scientist Jaroslav Heyrovsky, the other was poet Jaroslav Seifert. Today I'll acquaint you with the first of the two, who received this honour for a new invention in the field of chemistry - polarography.

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And now it's time for the latest edition of Czechs in History, and today takes a look at the tale of Divoka Sarka and the legendary war between Czech men and women many centuries ago...

In this edition of Czechs in History, takes a look at the life and death of Jan Palach, the philosophy student who committed suicide in 1969 in protest at the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

And now it's time for the latest edition of Czechs in History, in which Nick Carey takes a look at one of the greatest athletes of all time, a miner's son who became the very embodiment of the Olympic ideal: Emil Zatopek.

In this edition of Czechs in History, takes a look at the life of composer Josef Suk.