Almost lost: Czech resistance fighter’s letters from Nazi prisons find safe haven in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The images are haunting.

A devoted mother, happily holding her children. The same confidant-looking woman, dressed in stylish clothes. Her mugshots, taken at a Nazi prison, and the guillotine that cut her life short.

The words Miloslava Gschwindová penned from prison are equally heartbreaking, particularly letters addressed to her two young sons…

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