What to say to the children? How to explain the occupation to them?
Dana Bartošová was born on November 16, 1944 in Prague. In 1945, the family moved to Karlovy Vary, where they got an apartment after the expelled Germans. After February 1948, the father was deposed from a leading position in the spa industry because he refused to join the Communist Party. The memorialist graduated from the Pedagogical Institute in Karlovy Vary and Pilsen, majoring in Czech - History. On August 21, 1968, she experienced the arrival of occupying troops in Prague. For the first ten years she taught in Nejdek near Karlovy Vary, in 1976 she moved to Prague. During her teaching practice, she faced the dilemma of how to talk to students about the occupation in August 1968.