Czechoslovakia Quotes
A nation's dictatorships and its dawn
These Czechoslovakia quotes span political history, from Cold War-era dictatorships to a family's postwar journey to a new Country after surviving Auschwitz and Dachau.
In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.
I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague...
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Italy in the 1920s, Germany in the '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Czechoslovakia in the '60s, the Latin American dictatorships in the '70s, China in the '80s and '90s - all dictatorships and would-be dictators target newspapers and journalists.
You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
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Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
My parents came to this country after World War II, Jews from Czechoslovakia who had survived Auschwitz and Dachau. They settled with my sister in rural Ohio in the 1950s, where my dad became the town doctor and I was...
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Others recall the West's 1938 abandonment of Czechoslovakia to Hitler, and praise Vaclav Havel's peaceful transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.
