[fransje26]

> was in the 50s with communists just emerging victorious against horrors of fascism

If by "emerging victorious" you mean forcefully taking power with a Coup, ready to perpetrate their own horrors to stay in power at all cost, then we agree..

Also considering that the communists were backed by the Soviets, with decades of mass-purges of their own, it possibly didn't take much imagination to understand the type of regime being supported.

> I imagine many young Czeck people would have bought into this way of life

So much so that the communists need a coup to gain power.