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Month: May 2012

May 27, 2012
Hangman Heydrich, Two Parachutists and the Czech Resistance

Hangman Heydrich, Two Parachutists and the Czech Resistance

“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 …

May 20, 2012
A Far Away Country, the 1938 Munich Agreement & World War II

A Far Away Country, the 1938 Munich Agreement & World War II

 “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 …

May 9, 2012
A Widow, a Memoir & the Czech Resistance

A Widow, a Memoir & the Czech Resistance

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 …

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