Eleonora Dujková

“I remember taking the tram to school, we were coming up from Spálená Street through Charles Square to Ječná Street. And we were surprised what was going on there in Resslova Street. And that was the reprisal for Heydrich. And when we got to school, they told us about it, and I think all us children were quite deeply affected.”

“They wrote for me to come quickly, that Granddad isn’t feeling well at all, so we came to Doudleby, and Granddad died. He had a very nice funeral, the people of Doudleby liked him, he was even given a salute by the fire brigade... And when I was returning from the funeral, I had my three-months-old daughter Markéta with me, one lady there held her in her arms for me, and she was giving her back to me and I wanted to go to the hall for some things, that we’d take the train afterwards, and she told me: ‘You won’t get in there any more, the hall is sealed off...’”