1945-1992

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1945-1992

Which way is home?

2020
In 1948, following World War II, eleven-year-old Anna, her mother, and older sister must flee Czechoslovakia after Russian Communists take over the government. Includes notes about the author's family history, on which the story is based.

A pebble in my shoe

a memoir
2004

My own revolution

2012
In 1960s Czechoslovakia, Patrik participates in and rebels against the communist regime, knowing that anyone could become an enemy in the blink of an eye.

A Jew in communist Prague

1997
In this story told in comic book format, Jonas Finkel, a young Jewish boy living in Prague in the 1950s, watches as his father is imprisoned for political reasons and his mother struggles to find work. Contains adult content.

The wall

growing up behind the Iron Curtain
2007
Artist S?s Peter describes what it was like growing up in a Communist country and discusses how Western culture influenced his life.
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