https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/gene-deitch-1924-2020/
From an early age, Gene loved going to the movies and watching cartoons
Gene was brought to Prague in 1959 by Bill Snyder, an American film producer who was financing the production of children’s animated filmsfor U.S. distribution. Gene describes his first experiences of Czechoslovakia.
Gene’s initial experiences as an American in Prague were not what he had expected