At War45-05-0195The Hide Out

Words at war. Dear Estanishka, at last I have the hope that someday you will learn the true facts of my strange story. The good people about whom I want to tell you, promise that they can take these notes somewhere to safety and give them to you after the war is over.

For the last three years I've been living in a little cellar with one window through which I can see nothing. And a chink in the wall through which I can see very little. I eat after a fashion.

I read the paper sometimes, I listen to the radio, but hardly ever hear a human voice. I seldom see a human being going by outside. You've been waiting on a nut in vain, dear Honishka.

Someday you'll read what I'm writing now. Otherwise nothing would have any meaning. Our life, our mistakes. The broadcasting company in cooperation with the Council on Books in War Time presents another of the most significant programs on the air today.

Words at War, Gramatizing the most representative books to come off of this great world conflict. Tonight, the psychological study of a man who tried to run away from himself. The Hideout by Egon Hostoxki with Arnold Moss as the narrator in a radio adaptation by Ben Cagan.

Here is Tarnishkö. You must live to get this because you and I have to understand each other. And I'm ready to understand you only now. I've realized so much, so much has become clear since I've been living like a trapped rat in this cellar.

Do you know when I first thought absolutely certain that something was wrong in my work, in my marriage, my plans, and everything I'm saying and doing? It was in March 1939 just before Hitler took over Czechoslovakia.