Kosice - called Kassa at the time - was the site of the first Jewish ghetto established on Hungarian territory, following the German occupation of the country in 1944.
Many once-proud national programs have fallen prey to it Bulgarian weightlifting, Hungarian saber fencing not to mention some not-so-proud programs like East German swimming.
Public support for American foreign policy has become most tepid in the former Austro-Hungarian parts of Europe, including Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, where German influence is increasing.