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Tag: Namest nad Oslavou

August 17, 2018
A Young Man, His Journal, and His Memories

A Young Man, His Journal, and His Memories

In June of 1945, seventeen year old Charles completed his second year of mechanical engineering study in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He was making up for time lost during  the war years, 1944-1945.  His Uncle Josef Robotka asked Charles to live with his nephew Jiři.  Jiri needed a math tutor and someone like Charles to influence him to study regularly. By November Charles was feeling  homesick …

November in Námĕšt nad Oslavou

November in Námĕšt nad Oslavou

November 28, 2014

Karel (Charles) Novacek was nearly seventeen years old when on May 9, 1945, his homeland of CzechoSlovakia was liberated from Nazi Germany, mainly by the Russians from the East, and  also by the Americans from the West. Freedom at last! Soon after Russian troops occupied the country and Charles’ struggle for freedom and work in the …

Border Crossings Revisted Novacek Painting Exhibit Opens

Border Crossings Revisted Novacek Painting Exhibit Opens

October 2, 2013

As a child during World War II, I was in awe of this small Southern Moravian town on the Oslava River. It was full of historical treasures, art works and natural beauty – including a renaissance castle and a bridge lined with baroque sculptures built by Vaclav Adrian in the 1700s. It is a replica …

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