Ing. Jan Walter

"That was when I was studying at the University of Economics, and my parents woke me up at four or five in the morning, saying that the Russians were here with tanks. The tanks were driving down Milady Horákové street, at that time it was called Obránců míru street. We went to the streets as boys and we were also at the Castle and there we had some discussions with them. Those who weren't completely from Siberia and were smarter, we could talk to them. Still, they were brainwashed, according to them there was a counter-revolution here and they came to our aid. But I didn't join any of those shootings that were at the Museum or at the radio station, I didn't go there. But we felt it, we all experienced it. It wasn't pleasant, because they were everywhere. So even if you went somewhere in the countryside, for example, you could run into them somewhere. At the same time, it was known where they didn’t occur, so we could still go on some hikes with the guys."

"The factory was founded after my grandfather left the factory in Jinonice, where he was the director, and after disagreements with the Kumper brothers he sold his shares, resigned from the board of directors and the company. For the severance payment he founded a factory in Košíře in the street named Vrchlická today. And there they started to produce gears of all kinds and engines. And basically, they also made chassis for cars. This was then again done by coachworks, for example Sodomka, a well-known one. And dad was a designer there and he was the technical manager. His brother Jaroslav was the workshop manager and another brother Josef was the sales manager."