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Interviews, reporting and published articles connected with Witnesses of War and our founder, historian Jiri Kluc (Jiří Klůc), and our work preserving the voices of war veterans and Holocaust survivors.
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Preserving Holocaust survivors’ voices
A profile of Jiri Kluc’s international work recording survivors’ testimonies.
Gratitude for a WWII veteran
Sam Kmack reports on Jiri Kluc bringing Harry Arnstein more than 400 thank-you letters from Czech and Slovak schoolchildren, alongside a book documenting the veteran’s life.
Birthday greetings for a forgotten fighter pilot
Reporting on Antonín Fajkus’s 101st birthday and Jiri’s effort to bring him greetings from his Czech hometown and recognition for his wartime service.
Recording the memories of Iowa’s WWII veterans
Elijah Decious reports on Jiri’s interviews with Iowa veterans and the research behind preserving their personal experiences of the Second World War.
424 letters of thanks for Harry Arnstein
Coverage of Jiri Kluc’s visit to Harry Arnstein on Long Island, presenting 424 thank-you letters from Czech and Slovak schoolchildren to the Holocaust survivor and WWII veteran.
Two 101-year-old veterans honoured in Pilsen
The Liberation Festival reports on Andrew Bostinto and Kenneth Johnson’s visit to the Thank You, America! memorial, with Jiri among the organisers.
Centenarian veterans visit the Thank You, America! memorial
Coverage of Andrew Bostinto and Kenneth Johnson’s visit with The Rifle delegation, including Jiri’s participation in the programme.
Why witnesses’ memories must not disappear
A Short Stories video interview about recording survivors’ testimonies and the responsibility to preserve them for future generations.
American veterans speak to a Prague audience
Video reporting from a public discussion with Harry Humason and Arnold Strauch, organised and interpreted by Jiri, about their wartime experiences.
Returning to the places of wartime service
Coverage of American veterans visiting western Bohemia with Jiri, revisiting places connected to the final campaign of the war.
Ladislav Jindra: from Czechoslovakia to Omaha Beach
Jiri’s account of the American veteran’s life and Normandy service. First published in May 2024 and revisited after Jindra’s death.
Remembering Normandy veteran Ladislav Jindra
Reporting on the death of the Czechoslovak veteran, with information supplied by Jiri about his service and life.
Jiří Švenger: from escape to RAF service
A report on the veteran’s life in Melbourne and the renewed recognition of his service, including Jiri’s research and book.
Three American veterans return to Czechia
A report on a visit organised by Jiri, bringing former soldiers back to the country they helped liberate.
A further visit by American veterans
Regional reporting on a return visit arranged by Jiri, with school meetings and stops at places associated with the liberation.
American veterans return to the Czech Republic
A report on the planned visits of centenarian veterans, including Harry Humason, and Jiri’s role in arranging their return.
Joseph Thurmond prepares to return to Pilsen
A report on the veteran’s centenary and planned visit to the Liberation Festival, following Jiri’s contact with him in Normandy.
Jiří Švenger: fighting Hitler over the radio waves
A feature about the RAF veteran’s 102nd birthday, his wartime responsibilities and Jiri’s work documenting his story.
Harry Humason and Arnold Strauch meet Pilsen schoolchildren
A report on the veterans’ memorial visit and meetings with pupils during a journey co-organised by Jiri.
Antonín Fajkus’s remarkable wartime story
A retrospective on the pilot’s life and service, informed by the research that helped restore his place in Czech public memory.
Helping preserve the stories of veterans and survivors
An interview about Jiri’s motivation, finding overlooked witnesses and the challenges of independently funding historical research.
Czechia in 30 minutes: historian Jiri Kluc
An edition of the English-language current-affairs programme featuring a segment with Jiri about his historical work.
Public support for Harry Humason’s return
Reporting on how donors helped fund the American veteran’s visit to Pilsen, including Jiri’s role in organising the journey and the city’s response.
The costs of a veteran’s journey to Pilsen
A report examining funding for Harry Humason’s visit, with comments from Jiri and representatives of the city.
Remembering Antonín Fajkus and his wish for recognition
Jiri discusses finding Fajkus in Chicago, the pilot’s attachment to his homeland and the recognition he received late in life.
The death of fighter pilot Antonín Fajkus
Czech Television reports the pilot’s death, citing Jiri’s announcement and the research that brought his story back to Czech audiences.
Farewell to fighter pilot Antonín Fajkus
An obituary citing Jiri’s announcement and recalling the Czech-born pilot’s combat service in the American air forces.
Finding forgotten WWII veterans around the world
An extended interview with Daniela Lazarová about finding witnesses, recording their memories and bringing overlooked wartime lives to public attention.
Rediscovering Antonín Fajkus of the Red Devils
Jiri explains how a chance encounter led him to the Czech-born American fighter pilot and how archival research and personal memories became a book.
American bombing remembered by the men who flew
Jiri draws on veterans’ accounts to examine American air raids on Czechoslovakia and the personal memories behind the military operations.
Frank Jirka: a Czech-American at Iwo Jima
A biographical feature by Jiri about the American serviceman of Czech descent who lost both legs during the battle.
The liberation of western Bohemia, in veterans’ words
Accounts gathered by Jiri from American veterans who took part in the final advance into Czechoslovakia.
Ronald Waterman: surviving Terezín
Jiri tells the Dutch survivor’s story, from childhood persecution to imprisonment and the difficult return home.
Alex Gross: a Czechoslovak survivor’s story
A biographical feature drawing together Holocaust survival, emigration and later American military service.
A Belgian prisoner’s journey to liberation
The story of Georges Goguin’s captivity and his experiences in Czechoslovakia during the final weeks of the war.
The men who liberated Pilsen and southwest Bohemia
Jiri introduces surviving American veterans and their memories of reaching Czechoslovakia in 1945.
American prisoners in the Teplice region
A historical feature on American POWs who found themselves in northern Bohemia in the final year of the war.
Antonín Fajkus: a Moravian among the Red Devils
Jiri’s feature traces the Czech-born fighter pilot’s life and combat service with the American air forces in the Pacific.
Henry Kolinek: 37 missions aboard a B-17
A profile of the Czech-American airman, his combat flights over Europe and his enduring connection with Czech traditions.
Hovey Brom recalls Liberation Day
A community newsletter recounts the WWII veteran’s conversation with Jiri about his service and the liberation of Czechoslovakia. See page 3.
Iowa veterans share their wartime experiences
Mike Donahey reports on Jiri’s interviews with Russell Wright and Ralph Alshouse at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.
Czech historian interviews Iowa WWII veterans
Pat Kinney follows Jiri’s research visit and his conversations with veterans, including Hovey Brom, about their wartime experiences and connections to Czechoslovakia.
A museum event honouring veterans and Ervín Hoida
A report on the Cedar Rapids gathering, Jiri’s work documenting veterans and the publication of Ervín Hoida’s life story.
Sharing veterans’ stories in Cedar Rapids
Television coverage of an evening with veterans at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, where Jiri presented his research and a newly published book.
Remembering RAF veteran Jiří Mráz
An obituary drawing on Jiri’s contact with the veteran in the United States and his efforts to document a life lived away from public attention.
The western Bohemian origins of Hawaii’s ice cream king
Archival research into Walter Lappert’s life before his successful ice cream business in Hawaii.
Remembering Eastern Front veteran Vladimír Stránský
An obituary reporting the veteran’s death, announced by Jiri in agreement with the family, and recalling his wartime service.
The life and death of Vladimír Stránský
Reporting on the Eastern Front veteran’s death, with information from Jiri and a retrospective on his military service.
Finding forgotten WWII veterans in Israel
A television report on Jiri’s search for surviving Czechoslovak veterans, including Josef Müller, and the effort to preserve their experiences.
The real Otakar Jaroš behind the propaganda
An interview about Jiri’s biography, archival discoveries and the ways the communist regime reshaped the officer’s public image.
Tracing Czechoslovak Jewish veterans in Israel
Jakub Szántó follows Jiri and a veteran’s son as they search for former Czechoslovak soldiers and their families in Israel.
Otakar Jaroš beyond communist propaganda
Coverage of Jiri’s biography of the Sokolovo officer, drawing on archival material and photographs to examine the life behind the official heroic image.
Why Falknov became Sokolov
An interview connecting the town’s renaming with the memory of the Battle of Sokolovo and Jiri’s historical research.
Discussing Sokolovo: In the Shadow of Propaganda
A Náš host interview about Jiri’s early historical research, student awards and his first book on the Battle of Sokolovo.
Sidney Finkel: a child’s journey through the Holocaust
Jiri recounts persecution, imprisonment, an evacuation transport to Terezín and the survivor’s recovery after liberation.
Ervín Hoida: a life of wartime service
A profile of the Czechoslovak veteran who knew Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík, and whose life Jiri documented in a book.
Elizabeth II’s wartime service
A historical feature on the future queen’s contribution to the war effort and her memories of victory celebrations in London.
Remembering the last woman veteran of Sokolovo
An obituary preserving the memory of a woman who served in the Czechoslovak forces.
Service to Czechoslovakia, followed by exclusion
A historical feature examining a veteran’s overlooked service and the consequences of his connection with Israel.
The last heroine of the third company
A contribution to Jiri’s continuing research into women who served in the Czechoslovak military.
Ernie Simon and forgotten heroes
A feature bringing an overlooked wartime life back to public attention.
Examining an invented Gulag story
A critical historical article on the responsibility to distinguish documented persecution from fabricated accounts.
Jan Palach’s friend in Sokolov
A personal-history feature connecting a life in Sokolov with the memory of Jan Palach.
Fedor Komár: the last of the second company
A biographical article documenting the veteran and his connection with the Czechoslovak wartime forces.
A veteran and the question of recognition
A feature addressing the public recognition of a woman’s wartime service late in life.
A woman leading men into battle
An article exploring women’s combat service in the Czechoslovak forces on the Eastern Front.
From student research to a book about Sokolovo
An educational history portal introduces the publication of Jiri’s award-winning work on Sokolovo and wartime propaganda.
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