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Over Jan Masaryk's open grave, a huntsman raised his horn and blew out into the chill spring the wistful air of the Czech national anthem Kde Domov muj? (Where Is My Home?). Because he was never quite sure where his ideological home was, Jan Masaryk had been hunted to his death by men who were very sure of theirs...
...face of a tragic and reactionary revolution holds lessons neither Professor Matthiessen nor Mr. White would share. In death, Masaryk symbolizes the disillusionment of a non-Communist progressive who sincerely and honestly attempted to work with Communists, and whose despair at a future without liberty for the Czech people could find no more eloquent protest than suicide. For in suicide rather than in exile or in resistance, his message has been driven home most powerfully. Communists can no longer hide behind democratic figures and institutions to rationalize their machinations against personal liberty, for Masaryk's martyrdom will remain a healthy...
...action committee of the Czech film industry went Hollywood 211 better: it has dismissed 216 employees because of their "negative attitude...
...Many Czechs found themselves in German-administered D.P. camps filled with Sudeten Germans recently expelled from Czechoslovakia. In a camp near Hof, in Bavaria, Czech refugees complained: "We are living on the German economy, sleeping in German shelters, eating German food. This cannot continue. It is impossible for us. They are laughing at us. How can the democratic nations of the world permit this to happen...
Despite their gloom, Austrians had enough resiliency left to tell stories in the cafes. A thin, shivering little Austrian dachshund, one story ran, met a couple of fat, puffing Czech mastiffs at the Czech border. "You don't want to come over here. Look how thin I am. It's cold here and there's no food," said the dachshund. "Never mind," replied the mastiffs, "at least we'll be able to bark...