Massacre in Velké Meziříčí
Marie Nejedlá was born on April 1, 1932 in Lhotky near Velké Meziříčí. From the time she was a little girl she remembers the events related to the massacre which took place in May 1945 when the retreating German army arrested and executed more than fifty citizens of the town. Her parents had a farm and they were raising pigs. Marie’s father worked as a warehouse worker and her mother was a seamstress. Her uncle was involved in the resistance movement.