18 Sep 2026
Looking for publishing partners
We are approaching publishers, towns and private donors. Get in touch.
Registered association · Czech Republic
Giving Czech history
its readers back.
Obroda is a Czech association that makes the history of the Czech lands readable and source-faithful. Our first project is a book about Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk’s journey to the Holy Land.
A registered association with a transparent bank account. Every donation and expense is publicly traceable.
book cover
or period photograph
1927
Why you can trust us
Registered association
Registered on 8 September 2026 at the Municipal Court in Prague, section L, file 82463. Reg. No. 29926343.
Transparent account
Every donation and expense is publicly traceable online.
Expert collaboration
The book is prepared with historians and archives, with sources cited.
Sources first
We work from archival documents, the period press and scholarly literature. Every claim has a source.
Written to be read
We write for readers, not for catalogues. History should be open to people who never studied it.
For towns and schools
Each project comes with a public talk and materials that towns and schools may use freely.
What’s new
All news →15 Sep 2026
Writing begins: archival research is complete
We have been through the holdings on the spring 1927 journey.
11 Sep 2026
First commitment from a museum
We are negotiating loans of period material for the book's picture section.
The book will exist thanks to the people who want to read it
Support the publication, become a partner, or help us with sources. Every form of help counts.