Report on My Husband

by Josefa Slánská

The charges against Rudolf Slansky and his associates were conspiracy against the Czechoslovak State, the reintroducing of capitalism, and being in the service of American imperialism and Western spy groups.

208 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Marshall Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting insights into the family of Rudolph Slansky.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the greatest love story I've ever read. It's also a true story. It begins with a collection of official documents concerning a group of men arrested and executed for treason in Communist Czechoslovakia. The second part is written by Josefa Slanska, the widow of the group leader Rudolf Slanksy. She details her life with Slanksy and their political work. Parts of the story that seem like something from a movie--the prison where he asked her to marry him was the same one where she last saw him, for example--but you never question its validity. Slanska's voice comes across as if she giving a testimony, and it's the deep emotion beneath the dry wording that makes it so beautiful.

[Jan Klusacek]

Rating dávat nebudu. Je to strašná a bolestná kniha. Žena, které komunisté zavraždili manžela, jednoho ze svého středu, připravili ji o dceru... zůstala komunismu věrná.