Miloslav Blaho

“And I can say that we were in a good situation. We worked well, went along with others, however... Then the thing happened. The director of the school where I worked was a great supporter of the former Hlinka´s Slovak People´s Party. When being a director, he had to earn some credit, and to do so, always, almost from each school council meeting, there had to be some record written against me. That´s how he used to earn the credit. Once he called me about my mission of the church secretary. I said: ‘Well, you tell me what´s going on.’ ‘Nothing, nothing, nothing...’ Yet I ended up being called at the regional committee, where he had to deprive me of the state consent. I asked: ‘Why?’ He said, because this and that... I replied: ‘Well, I want to have it on paper. ’”

“Suddenly, from the city hall, Dr. Jozef Tiso began his speech. He was speaking about 20 or more minutes and he concluded by saying a memorable sentence, I remembered that one: ‘May God help us – Christian Catholics!’ Well, that was an impulse for my mom and Mrs. Albrechtová, who looked at each other, mom grabbed my hand and yet we were leaving the square. I remember it so well, when they spoke about Slovakia. His main interest was: ‘May God help us – Christian Catholics!’ That was on the 6th October.”

“We were hiding behind the willows, and yet just in front of Žabokreky we walked out on the main road. Of course, that as we crossed... – The road was empty, there was nothing. – But as we came to Žabokreky, we heard: ‘Halt!’ So my mom and I agreed on telling the same story. We said that when there was an attack on Belá, the people were running down to the valley. We were running too and now we didn´t know which way to go. Thus we crossed this road. And where did we sleep? I said: ‘In some hayloft.’ ‘Wow, then you have to be hungry as well,’ said the commander.”