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THE OTHER PRESS

MARCH 9, 1983

 

 

In February 1948, Communist learder Klement Gott-
wald stepped out on to the balcony of a Baroque palace in
Prague to address the hundreds of thousands of his fellow
citizens packed into Old Times Square. It was a crucial
moment in Czech history— a moment of the kind that
occurs once or twice a millennium.

Gottwald was flanked by his comrades, with Clementis
standing next to him.’ There were snow flurries, it was
cold, and Gottwald was bareheaded. The solicitous Clem-
entis took off his own fur cap and set it on Gottwald’s
head.

The Party propaghanda section put out hundreds. of
thousands of a photograph of that balcony with Gottwald,
a fur cap on his head and his comrades at his side,
speaking to the nation. On that balcony, Communist
Czechoslovakia: was born. Every child knew the photo-
graph from posters, schoolbooks, and museums.

Four years later, Clementis was charged with treason
and hanged. The propaghanda section immeadiately
airbrushed him out of history and, obviously, out of all the
photographs as well. Ever since, Gottwald has stood on
the balcony alone.. Where Clementis once stood, there is
only bare palace wall. All that remains of Clementis is the
fur cap on Gottwald’s head.

Reprinted from Laughter and tee bys Milan Kundera

     
    
   

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