European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tow ends of czech matched to Prague last August on the 20th anniversary of the soviet invasion that ended atom Fer Dutzek b Stempf to political Plonto. In Central Europe . The Wasi Angioi Post. Of fail a Skok Pius and Eire  i be less Ihan to Miles Aji it nil a Oilra a they inhabit have Tillro in ram non in Ropius is inc mayor Olcesky Kier new i  in Czechoslovakia that Liy Usu. Of. I Host  Jcck Lenis Ihal have lasting co Isaq or anyone arrive mrs lion  the Thop it clows offered a Cornucopia of plenty. Up until world will of Urilov was Ike Freistadtl. In _ some ways it was even More prosperous but today. They have Lallen  said Leopold Tischle Ifie a fre Islade mailman who has visited Kruglov on Niass dec Sioris. Bot i Mclore and after it came under communist Rule. Even More  Tho material contrasts air the different mental Ai i i kids there Lecla fundamentally  understanding of the relationship Between the individual and the stain the citizens of Kruglov regard the govern Cal As a kind of authoritarian father figure a Scourge bul also a Benefactor Tho stale guarantees them a Job. 1 provides them Wilh housing and controls the distribution of practicality All goods and services of scrod. Iri the town. In f Rois Ladt the emphasis is on the individual providing for himself. The contrasts a Elwyon East and Wesl Are Moil visible at the International Bridei Midway Between Kruglov and Freistadt the austrian Side is manned by a single Border guard he is matched on the. Czechoslovak Sido by an army of gun towing soldiers and pen wielding bureaucrats. Approaching from the czechoslovak Side there is a preliminary checkpoint a Ronilo irom the Frontier. The Iron curtain turns out id be an boo Yard Wincie zone of barbed wire watchtowers and Flat smoothly tilled land the process of filling Oul Lois changing Money and passing through customs can last Ono or even tvo hours. The same formalities on the austrian Side usually Lake less than 5 minutes. X ii s  said Josef Knos a former mayor of Freistadtl. Before the a. In was very easy to Cross the Border people worm 52 la Czechoslovakia Nisi  Beer or go to Church. Today Ihal , you d be shot if you tried to Cross the Border Wilh Otil a  the Artill clarity of Iho bolder to  by the. Common historic heritage by the lands on Eil Hei Sido founded in the Fust Hall of the 13th Century both f re Islade and Kruglov lie along the old sail trading Loute tunning from the Alps to the Baltic. Both. Belonged to the Ausilio hungarian Empire and both wore treed from nazi occupation by us. Troops Undi  Georges. Pelion.  when the victorious allies carved up Europe alter world War ii. The americans pulled Back from both Kruglov and Frois Ladt by agreement  soviets the soviets eventually left Austria unde mho. 1955 state treaty that guaranteed the country s neutrality. Czechoslovakia however was incorporated into the. Soviet toc " Over lunch at his Horne in Freistadt . Duschik Bauosi produced photos Laken during the period. Of the soviet occupation. There were pictures of the. Russian military commander ranked by his austrian assistants of poverty sync Longerman refugees arriving in Austria after being expelled from. Czechoslovakia an finally of the Day we regained Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday. November 20,198b