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- Slovo
- National
- Czech & Slovak
- Museum & Library
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Slovo
- VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1 – SUMMER 2002
- FROM THE PUBLISHER
- CONTRIBUTORS PAGE
- FEATURES
- Folk Costumes of the Czech Republic: A Treasury of National and Local Culture
- Prague National Museum curator Jirina Langhammerova shares her wealth of knowledge of the colorful Kroje tradition
- Museum Scrapbook: 80-Year-Old Slides Document Slovak Community Life
- A stunning collection of well-preserved photographs provides glimpses of early 20th-century folk costumes and culture
- The Painter Joza Uprka: Modernist Interpreter of Traditional Themes
- Uprka’s granddaughter, Novakova Eva, offers a retrospective on the celebrated artist who loved – and painted – his countrymen
- Smetana and Prodaná Nevesta: The Making of a Czech National Opera
- Arthur Canter illumines the composer’s masterful tribute to Czech ideals and musical motifs in his beloved opera, The Bartered Bride
- Wilber, Nebraska: A Community Reborn Through Celebration of Its Heritage
- E. A. Kral tells of an American community that found new identity and vitality by rediscovering its Czech roots
- Annual Pageant Encourages Youthful Appreciation of Heritage
- Miss Czech-Slovak USA Pageant founder John Fiala describes a labor of love that re-connects young women with their Czech and Slovak ancestors
- REVIEWS
- Out of the Depths: The Story of Ludmila Javorova, Ordained Catholic Priest
- Reviewed by Jaromir Becan
- MORAVA
- Reviewed by Mark Yother
- CALENDAR
- Slovo
- VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3 – WINTER 2002 | 03
- FROM THE PUBLISHER
- CONTRIBUTORS
- FEATURES
- The Ambivalence of Terrorism and Heroism: Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
- Historian Milan Hauner considers the moral and practical issues surrounding the tyrannicide of a hated Nazi leader
- Into the Teeth of the Enemy: Allied Special Operations and the Slovak National Uprising
- Counterintelligence specialist Jim Downs chronicles the unsuccessful Allied special services operation intended to encourage the Slovak National Uprising
- The Liberation of Plzen: An American Soldier Remembers
- A U.S. veteran who took part in the Liberation of Plzen talks with Slovo editor Sher Jasperse about his memories of the final major campaign of World War II
- Letter from a Czech Friend
- A veteran’s daughter shares a letter received by her father after the war
- Museum Scrapbook: Personal Photos Record Festivities in Czechoslovakia at War’s End
- Soldiers from the U.S. 94th Infantry Division who participated in the Liberation of Plzen preserved their memories in this unusual photo montage
- An Unlikely and Ill-Fated Courtship: Communists and Catholics in Post-War Slovakia
- Historian James Felak provides an account of Communist Party attempts to win the support of Catholics in post-war Slovakia
- Twice An Exile: The Personal and Political Odyssey of Ambassador Juraj Slavik
- Juraj L.J. Slavik, youngest child of the distinguished Czech politician and diplomat, recalls his father’s struggle to preserve the independence of his beloved homeland
- REVIEWS
- Madeleine Albright: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey
- Reviewed by Gary Armstrong
- Americans in West Bohemia
- Reviewed by Mila Saskova-Pierce and Layne Pierce
- CALENDAR
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- This page was updated January 21, 2008