Czech-born Jan Kaplan is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a notable Prague historian. He has co-authored several books including Prague in the Shadow of the Swastika, Prague: The Turbulent Century and Prague 1900-2000. Among his many documentary film productions, he has co-directed the Channel 4 (UK) series In Search of Holy England and The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich shown on BBC Timewatch.