Ľubomír Vacek

“During the Second World War, in our house there were hidden Jews as well as some Moravians from Hodonín, who were sentenced to death penalty from political reasons. They weren´t just hiding, but my father employed them, and provided them with necessary identification papers and documents. So they worked there. I didn´t know that though. I was only a little boy – ten years old. He didn´t tell me anything about them as being Moravians or so. I just knew her name was Zuzka, another one´s Anka, and the man was called Juraj. And those weren´t their real names either.”

“I didn´t have a good personal evaluation for the Communist Party. I have never joined the party, even though they asked me to. I always had some excuses, since deep inside I was against all of that. There were also meetings at the ČSAD (Bus Transport Company) and even if some people resigned their membership, I never inclined to that. Since I wanted to sustain my job, I had to be quiet, although I had a mind of my own.”