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...East Germany, Czechoslovakia has few outspoken malcontents and no likelihood of an uprising. The party, in return, is more lenient; the Czechs are allowed a relative cultural freedom. Western books sell briskly; J. D. Salinger is currently a favorite. Western films can be seen without stigma. In Prague, Designer Zdenka Bauer. 27, showed a collection of attractive dresses, suits and beachwear that were "an effort to follow Paris lines but adapt them to Czech fabrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Czechoslovakia: Gottwald & Grandma | 3/30/1962 | See Source »

...Girl? The plot's pretty problem: Zdenka, younger sister in a penniless noble family, has been raised as a boy for economy's sake (a boy's upbringing is so much cheaper). But Zdenka has lost her unboyish heart to Sister Arabella's best beau, Matteo. Fortunately, Arabella falls for a handsome stranger and Zdenka lures Matteo to her room, leading him to believe he is getting Arabella. Since the handsome stranger overhears (and misunderstands) this plot, things look pretty bad for a while. Zdenka finally clears everything up by appearing as the woman she really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Hat at the Met | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

...eager to eat this bread and salami," said Zdenka, "so I walked over to the waiting hall. Suddenly Mr. Benes came over and asked me why I was so sad and didn't eat. Mr. Benes was my teacher. Last year he failed me because I refused to study Communist government. I didn't have the courage to tell him I couldn't eat because I had come back, so I said I was struck by the sadness of a mother whose son had not returned. He said: 'It is good. If she had brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A Pact with Pavel | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

Afterwards, Zdenka was questioned by the police. "If you should spot any of those who stayed behind," they warned her, "be sure and tell us, for these people will surely return as spies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A Pact with Pavel | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: A Pact with Pavel | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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