You don’t have to be psychic to see the future of America, you only need to study the history of Czechoslovakia to see that the same fascist playbook is being employed by the Republican party. The spirit of the Fabry family and their friends in exile have been helping me all these years, preparing me for the rise of fascism and giving me courage to share their stories of resistance here, as an education and warning to all. It is more important than ever that we speak the truth boldly and with heartfelt conviction, because it is the communication of truth that dictators fear the most. We need to support independent newspapers and journalists who are risking everything to report the truth.

The next document comes from the Director of Verbandsdruckerei A.G. (Association Printing Company), Bern, Switzerland, dated 26 February 1958, a declaration on behalf of Dr. Pavel Fabry – “a good patriot and friend of Switzerland”.

Declaration

I have known Dr. Pavel Fabry from Bratislava, Slovakia, since 1946, when he came to me through the mediation of WIFAG (Winkler, Fallert & Co. AG Bern) to buy our rotary press, which we were about to replace. The purchase was urgent because he wanted to use this machine in Slovakia, as the already advanced communist power had also spread to the printing works. This was done with the aim of preventing the democratic parties (Democratic and Social Democratic Parties) from printing election propaganda for the upcoming elections. For this reason, Dr. Fabry wanted a machine so that he could continue the election propaganda with printed matter in a close circle with his democratic party friends.

The purchase came about partly through our cooperation and because we knew the machine would serve anti-communist purposes. The machine was also exported, and it was thanks to this circumstance that the elections against communism in Slovakia were so successful, as I was told. The price totaled 80,000 Swiss francs, which Dr. Fabry paid in cash from his own resources. During the negotiations, I got to know Dr. Fabry as a good patriot and friend of Switzerland.