Vlasta Hlávková

"My father told me that sometime in the spring of 1944 rumours began to spread in the village that paratroopers from England had landed there and that Mr Široký, who was known from Puklice because he used to come to buy cattle, was among them. My father knew him very well. But that was all, there was nothing more. Then my father told me that one evening, it could have been between the seventh and ninth of April 1944, someone knocked on the door and came in. My father immediately recognized Mr. Široký, so he went out into the darkness with him. I was a baby then, but my older sisters were there, so my father was afraid that he would start talking and then the children would say something somewhere. So he went out with him and Mr. Široký asked him if he could provide him with food and accommodation. That they had been refused at many places and had a long march behind them. The last time, perhaps somewhere in Vršanov, they had a contact address from England, but the man was too worried and refused to take them in. They hid in the woods, and at night Mr. Široký remembered my father. So he came to us, and my father didn't hesitate a moment. He came back and whispered to my mother to prepare some food. Meanwhile they were all waiting outside, there were four of them - Mr. Široký, Mr. Gemrot, Dr. Odstrčil and Mr. Němčík."