Marie Tulachová

"There was a terrible uproar and confusion at all authorities. Everybody was afraid to do anything, because it took courage to show yourself as a Czech to the authorities. The Germans were so fanatical about the Czechs hurting them by eliminating Heydrich. They were ordered not to deal with the Czechs. They treated us like murderers who couldn't be treated humanely, dealt with normally. As a result, Czechs tried to go to the authorities as little as possible to avoid trouble."

"Germans used to come to their shop in Hanychov. The shop keeper was keen on my brother and told him to bring any eggs or anything they might have in surplus and she would pay him well. She said actors from the Liberec theatre came to her shopping. When he could, my brother would bring something. When there was a pig slaughter, there were usually two pigs, but one had to be hidden, it was illegal. Say, there was a woodshed with a secret pen under the floor where the 'illegal' pig was kept. A butcher apprentice would kill it in the evening when it was very dark. A neighbour was on watch in case there was an inspection because of the blackout. By morning, everything was packeted and ready. My brother then took it to Liberec. The Germans would pay any sum for meat; you could get so little for vouchers. He was quite scared too because there were checks on the bus. He would be suspect if he was carrying two briefcases. He walked across the Plains in the morning. When he saw someone coming, he threw the bags into blueberry bushes. He said even if they found them, no one could prove they were his. But if they caught him on the bus, he'd go to jail for robbing the Reich."