By turns harrowing and inspiring, "Prague Winter" is Madeleine
Albright's account of her early life from 1937 to 1948, a dozen
years that witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World
War II, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of
communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Her experiences, and
those of her family, provide a unique lens through which to view
this tumultuous period in modern history. Moving from the
thousand-year-old Prague Castle to the bomb shelters of London,
from the desolate prison ghetto of Terezin to the war councils of
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt and Hitler, Albright reflects on her
discovery of her family's Jewish heritage decades after the war,
her Czech homeland's tangled history, and the stark moral choices
faced by her parents, ordinary citizens, and the leaders of their
generation. Drawing on her memory, written reflections,
newly-released documents, interviews with contemporaries, and other
primary sources, she tells the story of how millions of ordinary
citizens were ripped from familiar surroundings and forced into new
roles as exiled leaders and foot soldiers, resistance figures and
collaborators, victims and killers. Albright points out that the
response to these life and death issues was often shaped by
concepts familiar even to a child like Madeleine had been at the
time: fear, trust, adaptation, the search for identity, the
pressure to conform, and the difference between right and wrong. As
universal as it is deeply personal, Prague Winter offers a unique
perspective on World War II, the relationship between generations,
and the impact of time on our assessment of the truth. Emotionally
compelling and often startling in its frankness, this volume is a
guide to the future through the lessons of the past, as seen
through the eyes of one of the world's most respected and
fascinating figures.
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