Richard Fidler

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218 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 26 Jul

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No One Saw It Coming · Richard Fidler: The lie that toppled a regime · 26 Jul 2026 podcast

So there was a real uncertainty.

So there was still this feeling of tension.

Can we do it?

There's simmering discontent.

There's a few people making the odd protest here and there.

The state had all these forces on standby, police armed with plexiglass and batons and helmets that had repeatedly, any sign of protest, bashed people in the street, dragged them through the streets, perpetrated terrible violence.

Now, the communists don't like the Nazis, so they went, OK...

We want to have it at Vichyhrad Cemetery of Heroes, which is the second castle of Prague further down the river.

But as soon as they start gathering there, something's up, you can tell.

They're not singing the party songs.

They're formless.

There's a lot of talk.

People have got banners up saying, if not us, who?

If not now, when?

And after the ceremony is complete, someone says, let's march into the city.

So they march down the hill from Vichyhrad and they go into one of the main drags in Prague called Narodny Street.

that as they arrive in Narodny Street, they've got people coming out and cheering them.

Actors from the National Theatre are coming out and cheering this parade of several thousand students.

They find at the end of Narodny Street that their way is being blocked by a contingent of riot police.

Now, this is a special detachment from the Czechoslovak Air Force.

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