we lived in brno, two hours from austria.ustria was occupied by the soviet union on the frontier of czechoslovakia. then in linz, where the river passes through, there was a bridge, and on the other side was the american army. - mm-hmm. - and it's a very complicated way, how i escaped, because after the war, when we were liberated, democracy still existed theoretically, private enterprise was not allowed. i started a plan to produce textile machinery-- high innovation in textile machinery--and in 1947 i made the trip to the united states. two months i travelled to establish agencies and so on for exports, and so when i built the plant, because i had to plan to have 200 employees, and all the companies having more than 100 employees were supposed to be nationalized, so my company, without even starting production yet, having only drawings and catalogues, was nationalized, taken over by the communist regime. so i lost there, but still the company existed. you are asking me how we escaped? - yes. especially with the russian sold