Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:27:32 +0200https://english.radio.cz/my-parents-68-8592842© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThis week no topic in the Czech Republic was more dominant than the 40th anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. On August 21st, tanks and soldiers moved in, and forever changed the course of the country, crushing reforms that had made life in Czechoslovakia tolerable compared to the Stalinist 1950s. But all too soon, the reforms came to an end. In the weeks which followed, many Czechs and Slovaks opted to escape, among them my parents – only a few years married. They were among the first to leave: that same night of the 21st crossing the Austrian border in a borrowed car – an East German-made Trabant – that would see them all the way through to Paris.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/cssr_hranice.jpg?timestamp=1591361391 https://english.radio.cz/my-parents-68-8592842 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9