Jiri Sramek, head of the Research Laboratory of the Czechoslovakian State Institute for Restoration, says that of course a backward economy cannot maintain ancient monuments. On the contrary, just as with the Cultural Revolution in China, the monuments of Czechoslovakia suffered under communism.
「經濟的落後當然不能保護古蹟」，捷克文化資產研究所所長施密克說，相反地，就像中共的文革一樣，捷克古蹟在共產制度下遭到前所未有的毀壞。