World: HISTORIC QUEST FOR FREEDOM
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History has molded the Czechoslovaks in a very special way. As their folk hero, they exalt the Good Soldier Schweik, who is a sort of fictional monument to their own native ability to outsmart their oppressors by playing dumb. Schweik always pretends that he is willing enough to obey orders, but his bumbling behavior completely undoes his superiors. It was a trait that annoyed Hitler. "The more they curb themselves," he ranted, "the more dangerous they become." Last week, as new oppressors came into their land, the Czechoslovaks fell back upon that old and honored tactic.
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