Pavel Svítil in 2019

Pavel Svítil in 2019

Pavel Svítil in 1975

Pavel Svítil with his wife-to-be in 1975

Pavel Svítil with parents after his graduation in 1980

Pavel Svítil with his son in 1984

Jiří Antonů in 2019

Jiří Antonů in 2019

Ssergej Machonin (*1918) was gifted with language skills. He learned German in a concentration camp. He translated from Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, German, French a many other languages.

Sergej's studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University were interrupted by war. In 1939 he was taken to a concentration camp in Sachsenhausen.

Sergej Machonin (1918-1995)

Sergej Machonin (*1918) was born in Moscow. Apart from his translation work he was also a literary and theatre critic.

Sergej Machonin with his friend and children at work in a forest in Vysočina

Picture from a family album. Sergej Machonin with children in Dolní Město.

Sergej Machonin with children on their garden in Dolní Město, where he had a cottage.

Sergej Machonin with his children Tereza and Honza. Taken in Dolní Město.

Sergej Machonin with his son Honza, who is a renown journalist and Russian studies scholar.

Sergej with his wife and their youngest daughter Líza

Wintertime in Vinohrady, Prague

Sergej Machonin debating with his friends on an exhibition of his friend, sculptor Olbram Zoubek

Sergej Machonin at the turn of the 1920s/1930s, when he acted in a community theatre Tyl in Prostějov. Photo from the Czech community theatre database

Václav Kiršner on the recording day on 26 September 2019

Josef Musil in 2019

Josef Musil in 2019

Jan Sapák v roce 2019