Love one another and forgive each other

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Olga Horníčková - Nováková was born on 29th September 1922 in Warsaw where her father worked at the Czechoslovak Embassy. She spent her childhood in Poland. After the Munich Agreement the family had to undergo a complicated escape to France, later to England. In Oxford, Olga graduated in French, her sister Vlasta in English. After the war, the family lived shortly in Prague, then the Novaks went to Belgium for work and after the February 1948 Communist coup, they emigrated to Canada. The Czech part of the family was badly persecuted by the Communist regime. In 1977, Olga was given the permission to visit her Prague family for the first time in 30 years.