That monument points out the crossing place. The wade through Moravia river to nearby Austria seemed to be an easy and short exodus to freedom for many Slovaks, Czechs and Jews beyond the Iron Curtain. Most of them died, shot down and drowned or were captured, tortured and imprisoned by Czechoslovak Army. A Slovak early 19th century poet Jan Kollar said: "The right homeland is not the one you live in but you bear in your heart. That one cannot be destroyed, stolen or occupied by anyone." In fact, only hearts are really attacked in any captivity. And the hearts are also the ones active in making our way home, to freedom.
You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power. Psalm 68: 18
For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners. Psalm 69:33
Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free. Psalm 146:7
The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again. Isaiah 61:1
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