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Red Star Disclaimer, CD Muzeum, Luzna u Rakovnika, Bohemia (CZ), 2010

Red Star Disclaimer, CD Muzeum, Luzna u Rakovnika, Bohemia (CZ), 2010
"Dear visitors, welcome!

If you have accepted our invitation, then surely you understand our commitment to the faithful to the look of our exhibits. In the case of locomotives operated from the 1950's into the late 1970's, this includes equipment with red stars! This is to confirm to the historical reality of valid operational rules in these years prior to 1989.

CD Muzeum Management, May 1st, 2004"

That's a rough translation, anyway. In the Czech Republic, the memory of the Communist regime is so negative that antique stores put tape and labels over red stars on any item that has them, just as they do with swastikas. In the rest of the world, the red star doesn't provoke quite the same reaction, even in countries where the Communist regimes were far more brutal, like Russia for example. Therefore, I'm not sure how many other railway museums in ex-Communist countries would require disclaimers like this one.

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