It’s important to remember about that period of time that England didn’t want to be made aware. People were still deeply conscious of the horrors of the first world war and didn’t want to be told they were heading for another … By the time of [the] Munich [agreement of 1938], of course, we were in an absolute fever. Political feelings ran so high at that moment that there was quite a lot of real animosity. On our part, there was a sort of despair and rage and the feeling that we had completely betrayed the Czechs, and violent opposition to Neville Chamberlain, who of course was being hailed as the prince of peace.
I got into trouble at school. The headmistress led prayers for Mr. Chamberlain, and I remember being much rebuked because, when I went out, I told her furiously that she should have prayed for the Czechs. A year later, when war was declared, it was an anticlimax. Somehow one knew it was coming, and had to happen, and that at last we were standing firm.
title: “The Storm Clouds” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-08” author: “Jose Karban”
It’s important to remember about that period of time that England didn’t want to be made aware. People were still deeply conscious of the horrors of the first world war and didn’t want to be told they were heading for another … By the time of [the] Munich [agreement of 1938], of course, we were in an absolute fever. Political feelings ran so high at that moment that there was quite a lot of real animosity. On our part, there was a sort of despair and rage and the feeling that we had completely betrayed the Czechs, and violent opposition to Neville Chamberlain, who of course was being hailed as the prince of peace.
I got into trouble at school. The headmistress led prayers for Mr. Chamberlain, and I remember being much rebuked because, when I went out, I told her furiously that she should have prayed for the Czechs. A year later, when war was declared, it was an anticlimax. Somehow one knew it was coming, and had to happen, and that at last we were standing firm.
