"Skvorecky never showed animosity to the popular democratic regime!" Dramatic birth of one short story in 1955

Abstract

This text gives a description of conception circumstances of "Mala prazska matahara", a short story about a girl arrested in 1955 communist Czechoslovakia being accused of espionage for Free Europe, an American broadcasts station.

Keywords

• Josef Skvorecky
• political persecution
• communist regime
• state security
• Radio Free Europe