V. Patrick Poch

V. Patrick Poch is an architect at the State Department.

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  1. I Thought I’d Left Authoritarianism Behind

    Four decades ago, I escaped Communist Czechoslovakia for America. Now my adopted homeland reminds me of the one that I fled.

    V. Patrick Poch
    A collage of three photos: an American flag, a man on a tanker, and crowds holding up Czech flags
    Anna Ruch / The Atlantic. Sources: Archive / Getty; Hulton Archive / Getty; Peter Turnley / Corbis / Getty.