Author and filmmaker. Born in the former Czechoslovakia. Co-author of 'Prague in the Shadow of the Swastika', 'Prague; The Turbulent Century' and 'Prague 1900 - 2000'. He made the television series 'In Search of Holy England' and BBC Timewatch's 'The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich'.
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Jan Kaplan
Unveiled on Czech National Day.
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