Dr. Helga Peterlik’s memories and experiences as a diplomat’s wife
Dr. Helga Peterlik giving a talk at the Club Room
Welcome to Austria’s member, Dr. Helga Peterlik, was invited by Board member Anne Thun-Hohenstein to report on her time as a diplomat’s wife in Czechoslovakia. Dr. Peterlik witnessed the Prague Spring, ist dramatic end in 1968 and, 21 years later, the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The members of Welcome to Austria and its guests listened with great interest to her exciting and fascinating accounts at the Stallburg’s Club Room.
Dr. Helga Peterlik (l.) and Board members Anne Thun-Hohenstein (r.), Dr. Elisabeth Wolff
Board member Martha Hanreich and WA members