Anna Srbová

"I went to one meeting to transcribe it, and when we were later rewriting from that stenography into the typewriter, then I managed to write, that the state business will be administered be the state band [of hooligans] - instead of bank. And it was this really horrible mistyping. And they even came to school because of it. But Mr. Principal Spousta, who had taught it to us, stood up very nicely for me, because anyone who ever taught typing on a typewriter with all ten fingers knows, that D and K are both typed with the third finger. And to mistake the right and left hand, everyone knows that can happen."

"When the Americans were leaving Plzeň, Harmon was the general here. And back then they sang a song, I knew it from that sister of mine: 'Goodbye, goodbye, oh what a sad thing it is, when a young man has to say goodbye to a sweet doll. They simply won't be anymore, inviting Czech girls, the brave boys from Mississippi, they won't be riding them in jeeps, giving them sweets. Mr. General Harmon, he became dear to all those here, in Plzeň cries, sobs, sighs, for Harmon the harmonious, why didn't he stay here for us."

"I was this plump, blonde baroque little angel, because I was only four years old. An adorable little girl. And our mother with the stroller and me was going to Kyšičák to meet the American army. We were all cheering, and one of the Americans, who was totally black, jumped up to my mom and wanted to hold me in his hands. He was absolutely delighted by this little blonde angel. And our mom held me by my legs, because she was worried about what would happen to me. And then later, because my sister Štěpánka went to that business school and so knew how to speak English. And so she talked with those soldiers, and so they started giving my dad cigarettes a us chocolate."