When Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia back in 1939, Hans Lenk’s world was washed from beneath him. In the years after World War I—during which he served as a captain in the Austro-Hungarian army—he had ...
“For what I have done, the nation will call me a traitor”: the words reputedly spoken by Czech leader Emil Hácha after he signed away Czechoslovakia’s independence in 1939. Hácha was the epitome of ...