Prague+Winter

__ Questions posed by a reporter to Albright with her answers __ : []
 * 1) Why write this book now?
 * 2) Is there anything left to discover about your identity? Is there something you are still yearning for?
 * 3) Considering your family history and that your daughter married into a Jewish family, what is it about Jewish traditions that you identify with?
 * 4) Part of your book is about the moral decisions that were made by people, including your family, during World War II. Did the process of writing this book make you rethink decisions you have made?

__Questions posed by Albright herself…and our discussion focus__: Did she answer these questions in Prague Winter?

“What fascinates me--and what serves as a central theme of this book--is why we make the choices we do. What separates us from the world we have and the kind of ethical universe envisioned by Havel? What prompts one person to act boldly in a moment of crisis and a second to seek shelter in the crowd? Why do some people become stronger in the face of adversity while others quickly lose heart? What separates the bully from the protector? Is it education, spiritual belief, our parents, our friends, the circumstances of our birth, traumatic events, or more likely some combination that spells the difference? More succinctly, do our hopes for the future hinge on a desirable unfolding of external events or some mysterious process within?” -Prague Winter, p. 10