Karel Miláček

“Schwaller, I still remember with Jarda Slavětinsky, of course the boys saw that there was sacrificial wine in the chapel, so we tasted it once and he found out and said: ´You boys, as a punishment you will learn the lord´s prayer in latin by heart, and I will check on you.´ I still remember it by today: ‚Pater noster qí es in cælis, sanctificetur nomen tuum‘ and so on.“

“I was terribly lucky that we were returning a little longer since the interview, and from Zahrádka a procession went to Kobylí mine when lieutenant Pulec died. I know that I would definitely stand there next to Karel Blažejovský. He was my best friend, and one more. They shot through that wire, it fell, and it was this Karel ... Then somebody, Dr. Pavlik ... I know that when they were transporting him, he said to me, 'Come tell the Blažejovský family to come for Karel. Unfortunately.'"

“I will not forget when Mr. Toufar came there once and hockey was just broadcasted and still today I can hear, Stefan Maslonka, a Slovak reporter, shouting: 'Puck on a stick, puck on a stick, puck on a stick, attention, it must be now!' Father Toufar, as he heard that he had a puck on his stick, he was just bursting with laughter. I told him, 'That means that he has a puck on his hockey stick.'“

“We lived across the square just opposite to the rectory my dad had three disciples there, it was cheerful, so the priest Toufar used to go there often; I do not mean that he literally went daily, but he went a lot. He was interested in me, he even inquired about me many times when he went to Ledec to learn at grammar school. I remember coming up once and saying, 'Charlie, you are learning well, maybe you will have a distinction, but I was also told that you are reading adventure novels under your desk, that's not good.' ”