When Austria was still Bohemian ... that was “many years ago”, and now when Austrians and Czechs look at each other across the border, misunderstandings have been sown on either side. However, where history has dug a ditch, stories can build bridges. Over about one hundred little chapters Erich M. Posch points to occasionally surprising details to show the connection between the countries and their peoples – as well as explaining how a pink tank came to Prague and from where the notorious bandit Hotzenplotz embarked on his prowls across the world. And at the end, when the question of how much Austrians and Czechs still have in common arises, we are bound to agree with the author: a lot.