The architecture of the second half of the 20th century in Czechia1 (including post-war architecture) is imbued with conflicts over its interpretation as heritage, which are to some extent connected to broader issues of society’s relationship to the heritage of its recent past. To be precise, it is about the architecture built between the Second World War and the Velvet Revolution in 1989, which marked the transition from a totalitarian to a parliamentary system. In this paper, I firstly present the background of post-war architecture in Czechia and the current research in this field. In the latter part, I outline some of the discourses with examples arising from contemporary debates in expert circles. Finally, I discuss how this topic links to censorship.
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