Vincent Dorník

“And when we returned, we were transferred to the command in Rajhrad. An officer from the Regional National Committee came and gave us a speech: ʻThe situation here has consolidated to such an extent that we can release you to civilian life.’ They didn´t dare to call us criminals or so back then, even though he openly admitted that. We were supposed to return home and report to our church secretaries. Meaning – to stay under control.”

“The front stopped in Liptovský Mikuláš. Here lived the German reservists, but we somehow used to get along with them quite well. However, once they were carrying wood from the valley and someone started shooting on those Germans. Thus they led a raid into the valley. People used to say it was the forester chief who led them. Since people listened to Radio London and heard the front was near Liptovský Mikuláš, one group went down to valley to last out the front´s crossing. Unfortunately, the German raid, provoked by the gunshot, captured and sentenced them. They shot them all down and threw them into Váh. I think there were eight of those who laid down their lives like that.”