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- Joanna Stein
Alena Hromadkova came of age in communist Czechoslovakia. She grew up in a political-minded, anti-communist family and she had been investigating the communist system ever since she was a child.
On August 21st, 1968 she was a young woman living in Prauge. And she vividly remembers what happened that day when tanks began to roll through the streets of the city.
This story was produced in conjunction with a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in the Czech Republic during 2008-2009.
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Alena Hromadkova came of age in communist Czechoslovakia. She grew up in a political-minded, anti-communist family and she had been investigating the communist system ever since she was a child.
On August 21st, 1968 she was a young woman living in Prauge. And she vividly remembers what happened that day when tanks began to roll through the streets of the city.
This story was produced in conjunction with a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in the Czech Republic during 2008-2009.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Alena Hromadkova (HRO-mahd-ko-vah) came of age in communist Czechoslovakia.
She was a young woman living in Prague on August 21st, 1968 when the Soviet Union invaded her country. And she vividly remembers what happened that day when tanks began to roll through the street of the city.
Alena grew up in a political-minded, anti-communist family and she had been investigating the communist system ever since she was a child. She remembers the first time she started to ask questions.
OUTRO:This story was produced in conjunction with a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in the Czech Republic.
Additional Credits
Produced in conjunction with a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship in The Czech Republic 2008-2009
