Table of Contents

Contents: Prague 1952 -- driven into a narrow corner -- looking back to war years -- the liberation 1945 -- the fatal February 1948 and its consequences; "Over the hills" to Austria -- Vienna -- first impressions and shocks -- screening in the British zone of Vienna; Through the Russian zone to the British -- quarantine camp -- the ghost of a Labour Office -- anxiety and relief; From the British zone to the American -- screening -- life in a DP camp; To Innsbruck (French zone) -- efforts to secure some existence -- frustrated attempts to move on -- hope for settling in Eire; Vacation grant in Cambridge, but uncertainty about the post in Eire; Happy marriage, but communist regime still imposes its power. Conclusion.

About the Author

Bohuslava R. Bradbrook was born in Czechoslovakia and educated at the universities of Prague, Innsbruck and Oxford. She lives now in Cambridge, and is the author of Karel Capek: In Pursuit of Truth, Tolerance and Trust (Sussex Academic Press), as well as numerous articles and reviews on Czech literature

Reviews

"This book describes the process that must be gone through -- suspicion, interrogation, perhaps incarceration -- in the liberation from refugee status to citizen..." -- The Cambridge Society.