“Heydrich came to murder the Czech nation, and the Czech nation murdered him.” —Professor Václav Černý Today is Monday, May 27 – Memorial Day in the United States, a time to honor Americans who have died in all wars. Interestingly, May 27 is a day in the former Czechoslovakia when many people honor those who …
“How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a far away country between people of whom we know nothing.” —Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, broadcast at the outbreak of World War II (before leaving on September 27, 1938 for a meeting with …
What do these three things have in common: a widow, a memoir and the Czech Resistance? The Answer is: the subjects of this blog and the stories I will be telling you in future blog posts. A widow, that’s me. And this is the day I became one – July 13, 2007. On this day …
