The Great Sadness
1953 was a year of great sadness for Czechoslovak citizens.Obligatory mourning intervened in their lives after the deaths of Stalin and Gottwald.Their grief was sincere because of the currency reform, which ruined their lifelong savings.In retrospect, 1953 was the height of social despair.
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1953 was a year of great sadness for Czechoslovak citizens. Obligatory mourning intervened in their lives after the deaths of Stalin and Gottwald. Their grief was sincere because of the currency reform, which ruined their lifelong savings. In retrospect, 1953 was the height of social despair.
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- Release date
- Oct 22, 2023
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- 0h 52m
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- Language
- Czech
- Country
- Czech Republic
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