[Think free or die]

It makes me ill. My parents fled Czechoslovakia after the communist takeover. My brother and I had the privilege of being born here and growing up in freedom. Recent developments worry me greatly, and when I talk to my mother, she says it feels like 1930's Europe all over again. It's been said many times that we don't seem to learn from history. I pray our lessons won't be as harsh as the last time the world appeased a monstrous dictator.

On a visit to the Czech Republic in 2007, my brother took me to see some of the areas which were fortified in preparation for German attack. I was very impressed with how much remained after so many years. This little nation was prepared to fight. My father has told me many times how upset he and his peers were when they were told to stand down.

[jazusamo]

Thank you for your post. It is good your parents were able to escape but very sad that they had to.

The majority of our population now have no idea what the first half of the last century was like.