Description
The Train of Freedom, The Czech Death Wall, How Men Turned into Frogs, Slovak Icarus, and actually even The Iron Curtain… The titles of the chapters and subchapters of this book sound more like titles of surrealist poems in today's context. However, during its time, between 1948 and 1989, they referred to very real and often tragic realities. The carefully guarded border of communist Czechoslovakia with West Germany and Austria was the scene of thousands of dramas, where Czechs and Slovaks, as well as East Germans and Poles, attempted to leave the 'camp of peace and socialism.' Journalist Luděk Navara has dedicated many years to the repressive nature of the communist regime and attempts at resistance against it. In Stories of the Iron Curtain, he narrates the fates of individual people and families who tried to escape from socialist Czechoslovakia.
Information
Author: Navara Luděk
Publication date: September 11, 2019
Manufacturer: Host - vydavatelství, s. r. o.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Non-fiction literature, Fiction, Books, History and facts
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 360
ISBN/EAN: 9788075772367