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Jan Kaplan

Categories: Literature, TV & Radio

Countries: Czechoslovakia

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'.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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