Petr Rosendorf

"So my mother started - because she graduated from a family school, so she started home sewing for some Drutěva or what it was. But because it was so poorly paid and she barely earned enough to feed us, she went to work for Motex, where she worked shifts, that is, morning, afternoon, and night. So, I had to take care of my brother in the evening when she had the afternoon or night shift. Pick him up from the daycare and do homework with him. Get him fed and, sometimes, when she hadn't gotten back from her night shift, get him ready for school in the morning. Well, there were some curious situations. Of course, I didn't know how to cook at that time! We had a cooker. And I know my mother used to make fried eggs on it sometimes in this little aluminium casserole. So I said, 'I'll make fried eggs.' But I didn't know how. I didn't use butter, oil, lard, or anything. I cracked the egg into this aluminium pan and fried it. Basically, I baked it dry. Well, it tasted like paper, something crazy, I still remember that. That's how I had to take care of it. But on the other hand - I don't remember having puberty."

"In 1952, in December, my father was convicted of treason. Because it said that he had a negative attitude towards the socialist system, advocated private property, etc. And associated with people like Dr. Hostička, which was Milada Horáková's party. And for this, he got five years for treason." - "So the first thing: the trial is completely fabricated?" - "Yes, yes. Well, he knew about people who wanted to escape across the border. He was originally thinking of escaping too, but my mom backed him into a corner, saying that if he ran away, she'd get divorced."