Awards-scandal threatens to blight official celebrations of Czechoslovak Independence Day

A scandal has broken out in connection with Friday’s award-giving
ceremony at Prague Castle, that threatens to blight the official
celebrations of Czechoslovak Independence Day on October 28. Culture
Minister Daniel Herman has accused the president of having threatened him
that, if he met with the Dalai Lama, his uncle, Auschwitz survivor George
Brady, would be taken off the nominees’ list for a state award. The
claim
–and Brady’s absence on the list - have sparked widespread criticism
and demands for an explanation.