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The Czechoslovak Communists Turned the Western Border Into a Treacherous Trap, Hundreds of People Lost Their Lives There.

The clock hands have swung past midnight and are cutting off the first minutes of Wednesday, June 3, 1953. Under the cover of darkness, two figures are sneaking through the field of lanterns between the Moravian town of Valtice and the village of Úvaly. They are a man and a woman, heading for the border and wanting to cross into Austria. He is the one who decided to cross the line here, in the south....
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The clock hands have swung past midnight and are cutting off the first minutes of Wednesday, June 3, 1953. Under the cover of darkness, two figures are sneaking through the field of lanterns between the Moravian town of Valtice and the village of Úvaly. They are a man and a woman, heading for the border and wanting to cross into Austria. He is the one who decided to cross the line here, in the south....

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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Hospodárske Noviny broke the news in Bratislava, Slovakia on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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