Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 /

Albright, Madeleine Korbel.

Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948 / Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward. - First edition. - New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2012] - x, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-444) and index.

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.

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World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia.
Jewish families--Czech Republic--Prague--Biography.
Guerra mundial, 1939-1945--Checoslovaquia.
Familias judías de la Republica checa--Praga--Biografía.
World War, 1939-1945--Czech Republic--Prague.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
HISTORY / General.


Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
Prague (Czech Republic)--Biography.
Prague (Czech Republic)--History--20th century.

309 DB 2207 / A342p 2012

943.71