With a subtitle "Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Fillm and Poetry, Politics and War, this fine, magnficiently readable portrait of Prague during the war illuminates daily life and culture. Demetz tells the story of his beloved city with the range and wisdom of a renowned historian and the personal touch of a native. He came of age in Prague under Nazi rule, adrotely combining history, biography and memoir.  (CZH84, $25.00)

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