Description
Three poignant chapters from the life of an "ordinary person," drawn into the whirlwind of historical events three times in a short period, ultimately playing a role that is anything but ordinary. The engagingly presented memories from critical moments in modern Czech history depict the author's fate as a commander of a machine gun company during the mobilization of 1938, an officer involved in the events of the revolutionary days in May 1945, and later in the resistance movement after the communist coup of 1948 – the trial against the commanders of the Union of Defense in Prague's Vinohrady (1949), imprisonment in Pankrác, and three years of life in uranium labor camps in Jáchymov. An unconventional portrayal of the mobilization days, a forgotten chapter from the revolution in a town near Prague, and one of the most detailed authentic accounts of the life and work of Jáchymov prisoners are a valuable and captivating example of "small history," adding a plastic and human dimension to the "big" history.
Information
Author: Sklenář Jiří M.
Publication date: June 9, 2020
Manufacturer: Nakladatelství Pankrác s.r.o.
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books, Fiction, Biographies and autobiographies
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 248
ISBN/EAN: 9788086781419