Věra Kocurková

"My Dad moved to the Wenceslas Square already during the totalitarian regime. His place on the corner of Washington Street and the Wenceslas Square next to the Museum was an outright provocation for them, and on top of that he had a large radio business there. On the first floor were the workshops, and so on. His shop came to an end there. My uncle had handed over his shop on Národní Street and he was allowed to remain in the Fotografie company. But my father was adamant, and he didn’t surrender his business. Then they found out that he had cooperated with that group, that he had been making radio transmitters for them. Everything thus came to an end for us."

"The Austrian watch was passing just seven steps from my tent. We were on the Austrian side. We also took the Eagle Feathers Test there. One day they took us to different places in canoes so that we would not know where we were. I had no idea where my sister was. We had a whistle, and a torch light, I don’t know why. At midnight it started raining..."