Freelance journalist/broadcaster based in Prague.
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Rob Cameron
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Another fabulous photo.
You know what. You know where.
(as usual from Prešpurčina ešče nezgegla! Facebook group)
robjcameron.substack.com/p/to-the-cas...
Millions have watched this scene in Saving Private Ryan.
Two Wehrmacht soldiers emerge on Omaha Beach shouting:
"Don't shoot! I'm Czech!"
Most viewers assumed Spielberg invented it.
He didn't.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/dont-shoot...
Rob Cameron
Rob Cameron
Today marks 82 years since D-Day.
Remarkably, many of the Wehrmacht soldiers defending the Normandy beaches were Czech - mostly from the Hlučín area of Moravian Silesia.
So that infamous scene at the start of Saving Private Ryan is 100% accurate.
open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
Today marks the 84th anniversary of the annihilation of Lidice.
Less well known are the Prague locations where the events leading to it unfolded - places hidden in plain sight across the city.
The hidden geography of Operation Anthropoid:
robjcameron.substack.com/p/anthropoid
Colourised photo of Bratislava’s Rybné Námestie (date unknown) before the demolitions of the late 60s and 70s changed the city forever.
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Colourised photo of Bratislava’s Rybné Námestie (date unknown) before the demolitions of the late 60s and 70s changed the city forever.
open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...
One of the most memorable moments in Saving Private Ryan is historically accurate.
The men shouting “Don’t shoot! We’re Czechs!” weren’t a Hollywood invention.
Their story reveals how changing borders turned Czechoslovak citizens into Wehrmacht troops.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/dont-shoot...
Article from @euractiv.com's @anetazach.bsky.social
here:
www.euractiv.com/news/czech-p...
President Pavel's call last week to abandon the Czech crown if it began hampering the country's development was a reminder of an issue that remains unresolved.
When - or indeed whether - to adopt the euro.
The Babiš govt appears to lean towards never.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/crownland
82 years ago today, American troops landed on Omaha Beach.
Some of the Wehrmacht prisoners they encountered spoke Czech.
The story behind one of the most surprising episodes of D-Day.
robjcameron.substack.com/p/dont-shoot...
