![]() Josef had been working as chairman of a special United Nations commission. When Germany seized control of Czechoslovakia in 1939, Josef and his wife Anna fled with their daughter to the safety of London to avoid arrest in Prague at a time when the German government was discriminating against Jewish citizens.Īfter the end of World War II (1939–45), the family returned to Czechoslovakia, but when communists took control of the government, the family again fled, this time to the United States. Her father, Josef Korbel (1909–1977), was a diplomat for the Czech government. ![]() Madeleine Albright was born Maria Jana Korbel on May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. ambassador to the United Nations and, later, the first woman secretary of state. She made her way to the United States, where she eventually became U.S. Her family smuggled her out of the country to England. M adeleine Albright was the daughter of Jewish parents in Czechoslovakia at a time when Germany controlled the country and hunted down Jews for eventual murder as undesirable people. "The success of American foreign policy … will make the difference between a future characterized by peace, rising prosperity and law, and a more uncertain future in which our economy and security are always at risk, our peace of mind is always under assault and American leadership is increasingly in doubt." ![]() ![]() Czech refugee from World War II who became the first female secretary of state ![]()
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