An English girl and a Czech soldier

In the last programme in our series marking Radio Prague’s 80th birthday
we heard recordings of Czechs and Slovaks fighting in the British armed
forces during World War Two. This week our tour of the radio archives
brings us forward to the heady days immediately after the war. It is May
1945, Czechoslovakia has been liberated, and Czechs and Slovaks who fought
in the Allied armed forces are returning home. One recording evokes this
moment vividly. It is a dramatized reading of a letter, written by a Czech
soldier to an English girl at some point shortly after he has returned to
his home country, still in his British army uniform. More from David
Vaughan.

Published: 
Saturday, July 30, 2016