Vaclav Polivka (1927-1971) was born into Czechoslovakia's elite, roughly eight years after the country emerged from the ruins of Austria-Hungary. In this diary, which was found in an attic in Oslo, Norway in 2012, the young medical student with a strong interest in classical music describes three crucial years for Europe, which, beginning in 1945, was moving from World War with Nazi occupation to Cold War with communist dictatorship.

In the summers of 1946 and 1947, Vaclav travels to Denmark, where he meets a young Danish woman, Vibeke Hauer, with whom he falls in love, and later...

Vaclav Polivka (1927-1971) was born into Czechoslovakia's elite, roughly eight years after the country emerged from the ruins of Austria-Hungary. In this diary, which was found in an attic in Oslo, Norway in 2012, the young medical student with a strong interest in classical music describes three crucial years for Europe, which, beginning in 1945, was moving from World War with Nazi occupation to Cold War with communist dictatorship.

In the summers of 1946 and 1947, Vaclav travels to Denmark, where he meets a young Danish woman, Vibeke Hauer, with whom he falls in love, and later...