A castle in the middle of the world

Patroness vs. Nazi. Can the castle roof bear the weight of the 20th century? What could the Jewish sugar magnate of European stature, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, originally from Mladá Boleslav, have in common with a village schoolteacher, von Osten, from the island of Fehmarn in the waters of Schleswig-Holstein? Or the painter Gustav Klimt with the police informant Kurt Nowak from Jihlava? And above all, the famous Woman in Gold with the widow of the Butcher of Prague, Lina Heydrich? The fates of these and many other figures are linked by an unassuming castle in Central Bohemia. Today it lies in ruins, but it was the setting for one of the great stories of the dramatic 20th century. Milena Štráfeldová: The Castle in the Middle of the World | Read by Aleš Procházka | Directed by Vlado Rusko | Sound, editing and mastering by Rostislav Koňařík | Music by David Pravda | Recorded at MIXING.TODAY studio | Graphics adapted from the book by Michal Holík | Produced by Petra Kinclová | Supervised by Alena Brožová | Published by Euromedia Group, a.s. – Témbr, in October 2026. RECORDING BASED ON THE BOOK: The Castle in the Middle of the World © Milena Štráfeldová, 2026 | Cover Photo © Reinhard Heydrich, wife Lina Heydrich, Rudolfinum, Prague, ČTK, 2026 | All rights reserved. | Published by Euromedia Group, a.s. – in the Ikar edition, 2026.