Word: czechs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Arrived this week: Jaroslav Konvalinka and Karel Truksa, engineer and dispatcher, respectively of the Czech train which made a dash for freedom across the border into Western Germany (TIME, Sept. 24). At the invitation of Lawrence Cowen, president of Lionel Corp., they will settle with their families in Irvington, N.J., work in Lionel's toy-train plant...
...Because we love you [President Gottwald], because we love the great Generalissimo Stalin, and because we know you are leading us to a happy future." This was the reason, according to official Czech propaganda, why 77 involuntary passengers on the famed Freedom Train to Germany (TIME, Sept. 24) returned voluntarily to Czechoslovakia...
Salami for Chocolate. The Czech returnees, still glowing from their unexpected lark, had started their trip back in high holiday mood. They were given a royal send-off by G.I.s, who loaded them with chocolate bars and good wishes. They were careful to bite each bar in the hope that Czech customs men would find the candy less appetizing that way. On the other side of the border, Communist officials and newsmen were lined up to greet them. "You must be so happy to be back again," they exclaimed, "after the terrible way the Americans treated you." "Yes," said some...
Morse Code on the Border. "The same day," continued Zdenka, "I found Pavel and Alena. They didn't expect me back. We had talked about escape for a year already, but we had been afraid because it was said Americans tortured Czech refugees. Now I could tell them it wasn't true. Now we could escape together...
Pickup. In his debut as a Hollywood moviemaker, Czech-born Hugo Haas directs and stars in a tense, unpretentious drama about a middle-aged railroad watchman and the floozy he marries (TIME...