Petr Tomíšek

"People were taking terrible drugs in Prague at that time. For example, dissolved Algena filtered through cotton wool, into a vein. I've never done this. Never any drugs. Nevertheless, I have a verdict that I am a polymorphic drug addict. Because the forensic experts, Mr. and Mrs. Slavík, were coming to see me in custody at Ruzyně and said, 'So, are you taking morphine?' And I say, 'I'm not taking anything.' 'Don't say you're not taking morphine!' I say, 'Fuck you, why are you trying this on me here? I've never done it, I've never taken any pills, leave me alone.' - 'So, you want to go to Bohnice to a closed pavilion? For a month, for two? I was quite scared of that because I heard about it. It was actually for convicts, and it wasn't pleasant. So, I started talking to them politely, but I definitely never told them that I did something I didn't do. That's bullshit."

"They came to work for me, and they gave me a choice of several crimes. I could choose to subvert the republic, an incitement to riot or spread drugs and poisons. A major came by, whose name was Řepka, I don't know his first name, and he said, 'Look, you can do whatever you want, we won't let you out of here. Here you can choose according to the extent of the penalty.´ I'm not kidding. They just had no proof. There was a house search, they came with a schnauzer and they had a sample of a Marijuana. To a neighbor who was at home, I said, 'Kateřina, take a good look at where they put it, because I have nothing here. And if anything is found, it's theirs. Look, they're giving a sample over there, so the dog knows what to look for.' My mom came from work unexpectedly. She was devastated because of what was happening there. So, I asked if I could calm her down. They said yes, so I sat down next to her and whispered to her to go to Žleby to my grandfather's and grandmother's house and destroy the typewriter and all the papers she could find there. I managed to tell her that, and then I learned from her when I got out of the prison, that she had the machine scrapped, which was quite consistent - it didn't occur to me, I thought she would just take it away somewhere."