Suicides and Tanks Are My Childhood Memories

I can’t say I had a horrible childhood, I’m sure many people had it worse but the fact that I witnesses people killing themselves when I was 8–12 years old and played games with my friends in empty tanks and still thought it’s normal might be a bit shocking to some.

Czechoslovakia has a very dark history just like any other Eastern European countries. I was born in 1991 and no I haven’t experienced World War II like my grandparents. No, I haven’t experienced Russian invasion in 1968 and occupation that lasted 23 years like my parents. But I have…