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The withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Czechoslovakia and dealing with its consequences has taken twenty-five years. Drawing mainly on archival sources, this contribution gives a short overview of the historical background, and the development and current situation of dealing with the difficult heritage of selected former military facilities. The foreign military presence deeply influenced the general attitude of the current Czech population towards foreign military presence. Among the many sites of Soviet military deployment, Milovice and Ralsko, discussed in this article, are distinctive examples, as they show both the opportunities for and limits of the recovery of former military sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ivan Medek's work as a long term freelancer of the Voice of America broadcasting station (VOA) was probably his most famous role in the public sphere. Medek started this collaboration shortly after his arrival and the start of his exile in Vienna. This relationship with VOA lasted until 1989. In spite of many formal and financial obstacles, Ivan Medek contributed to changing the structure of the VOA broadcasting and helped many persecuted Czechoslovak citizens along the way. This study follows Ivan Medek's mission with the VOA broadcasting station and the changes which occurred within the VOA in relation to political development in Czechoslovakia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]