| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Illustrated end-papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Setting out -- Part one: before March 15, 1939 -- An unwelcome guest -- Tales of Bohemia -- The competition -- The linden tree -- A favorable impression -- Out from behind the mountains -- "We must go on being cowards" -- A hopeless task -- Part two: April 1939-April 1942 -- Starting over -- Occupation and resistance -- The lamps go out -- The irresistible force -- Fire in the sky -- The alliance comes together -- The crown of Wenceslas -- Part three: May 1942-April 1945 -- Day of the assassins -- Auguries of genocide -- Terezin -- The bridge too far -- Cried-out eyes -- Doodlebugs and gooney birds -- Hitler's end -- Part four: May 1945-November 1948 -- No angels -- Unpatched -- A world big enough to keep us apart -- A precarious balance -- Struggle for a nation's soul -- A failure to communicate -- The fall -- Sands through the hour-glass -- The next chapter -- Guide to personalities -- Time lines. |
| Subject |
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1938-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia.
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Albright, Madeleine Korbel -- Family.
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Albright, Madeleine Korbel -- Childhood and youth.
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Jewish families -- Czech Republic -- Prague -- Biography.
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Prague (Czech Republic) -- Biography.
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Prague (Czech Republic) -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czech Republic -- Prague.
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| Added Author |
Woodward, William, 1951-
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| Added Title |
Personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 |
| ISBN |
9780062030313 (hardback) |
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0062030310 (hardback) |
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