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Month: May 2015

Research Reveals Village’s Secret of World War II

Research Reveals Village’s Secret of World War II

May 31, 2015

I started this blog three years ago in May 2012, to promote my late husband Charles Novacek’s memoir Border Crossings: Coming of Age in the Czech Resistance.   Charles believed most people, especially Americans (including me) know little about World War II and Czechoslovakia. For example, before the war it was a beautiful and thriving country, …

Lilacs — Sweet Scent, Sweet Memories

Lilacs — Sweet Scent, Sweet Memories

May 9, 2015

“A lilac tree, I said. It bloomed every May around the time of Mama’s birthday. Papa was a romantic, he would stand under the tree and sing songs of lilacs and love to her. The memory is so vivid in my mind. I can almost smell the lilacs now.”                                                              —Laura Hillman, i will plant …

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