Czechoslovakia: the full history beyond the Velvet Divorce [OSW documentary].

I am a Czech person living in Ireland, watching a Polish channel on American platform featuring Czech and Slovak historians speaking in Polish, which is translated to English, explaining relations between Czech and Slovaks. 😁 The documentary is right, our relations are excellent. 🇨🇿🇸🇰

I am Czech and I vividly remember the split of the country in 1993. Like most Czechs I did not agree with it. I was sad. I felt like I was losing a big part of my homeland. But after 30 years I think it was a wise decision. There were a lot of problems in the federal state. There was a lot of bad feelings towards Czechs in Slovakia and the other way round. Now we are best friends living in the EU without borders. I think the split contributed a lot to current good relations. We have always called each other "brothers". I feel like we actually mean it honestly now.

THANK YOU for adding voice-overs in English! I can listen to this while I clean my house instead of needing to sit and stare at my phone

As a student who was in college during this time, all I can say is how heartbroken Vaclav Havel was when the 2 nations split. He really wanted unification but it wasn't destined to happen. His writings are so insightful. A truly great man. I've met Czech and Slovakian people and both are supremely intelligent and kind.

This clearly shows that the Czechs and the Slovaks are wise people who can make pragmatic decisions without resorting to warfare.

I am just a regular Türk who has an enthusiasm for the history of modern Europe, and this video has been one of the best 45 minutes of my life in that context. Great work. My sincere regards for Czechs and Slovaks!

Good content. I appreciate your work. Listening to a multilingual content is challenging, but in a good way. Especially when you speak all the languages presented 🙂 I think it's very important to encourage people to learn more about their closest neighbors.

In the United States, Czech and Slovak expatriates came together as early as 1915 to agree to fight for a joint state to be created at the end of WW1. This was the Cleveland Agreement of 1915. It was the obvious thing to do.

I just came from Prague, so nice to see beautiful panorams of Prague incorporated in this film

What is the history of the Slovaks? It's amazing that such a small group of people survived with their language and identity surrounded by these big countries. Will have to do more research. The changing borders over time and multiple people groups are a challenge to follow for a North American. Wonderful that they speak multiple languages! I've heard that Polish and Hungarian are difficult for English speakers to learn.

If the whole world acted like czech people, the world would be an infinitly better place. I bow my head to you, brothers. Greetings especially to Brno, best City on earth, from Slovenia

Much love to my Slavic Brother's. Love Czech and Slovakian people.

As someone who grew up in Prague the Czech Republic. I could never understand the hatred Croatians and Serbs,Ukrainians and Russians have towards each other. Czechs and Slovaks have always been friendly towards one another and have lived peacefully side by side.

Thank you! That was really interesting and well documented!

My great grandfather was from Czechoslovakia, he and his brother switched passports because of their ages at the time my great grandfather left for America and his brother wanted to fight in the impending war, wwll. I find it so interesting, I think it would be awesome if I could meet the part of the family that stayed in Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia

I am both Czech and Hungarian.. I'm trying to learn the history of my people... I was born and raised in the States... My mother's parents were from these countries. I do remember my mother and her sisters spoke Slavic.. Much love

Thank you for such high quality content!

Václav Havel was not the president of Slovakia. He was a Czech born president of Czechoslovakia who later became the first president of the newly formed Czech Republic.

exactly what a documentary should be. Stellar work.

I am a Slovak living in New Zealandsince 2012. There were two most traumatic events that I experienced while in Czechoslovakia, August 1968 and January 1993. While the first lead to generational frustration, the division of Czechoslovakia proved to be a good step. Although looking at the Slivak Government now I have serious worries.