“We are calling the Czech police, the Czech gendarmerie, the Czech army to come to Czech Radio immediately.” Radio announcer Zdeněk Mančal broadcast that appeal on May 5, 1945, shortly before noon, as SS troops stormed Czechoslovak Radio headquarters to cut off broadcasting, which had been airing in Czech since that morning.
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