In the summer of 1968, following a honeymoon that the newlywed couple spent in Italy, Rödr went to Chicago and did not return to Czechoslovakia due to the violent suppression of the Prague Spring by Warsaw Pact troops.
In the summer of 1968, following a honeymoon in Italy, Rödr went to Chicago and did not return to Czechoslovakia because of the violent suppression of the student-led reform movement in Prague by Warsaw Pact troops.