Karol Janoštiak

“The Prague Uprising (the witness probably means protests) against Gottwald caused quite a stir. They were giving out sentences. And there was this student. He was about to graduate, so he joined in the protests. He was amongst the group that organized the uprising against Gottwald, therefore he was amongst those who were supposed to be executed. And they did execute the students who were part of the committee. He managed to escape. His name was Boris Šrerka. They were getting closer to him. But he got together with my mom´s cousin Betka and she brought him to us. Naturally, he had to escape; otherwise, they would have had him executed.”

"Oni (Nemci - pozn. ed.) museli odísť. Cez Moravu sa preplavili, cez Marcheg odišli. On potom v štyridsiatomsiedmom roku poslal mamke dopis. Ale ona bola, tak neoopatrná, že to niekde založila a našla to babka. A to ste mali vidieť, akú tá dostala za to bitku. Lebo on jej písal - jak bola Morava, tam je taký lesík, ak to poznáte, tam bola taká odbočka. Tam bola hlboká voda, sme sa tam chodili kúpať. On nás mal previesť z druhej strany, on bol totiž Rakúšan. Aj s mamkou a deťmi, že sa o nás postará. Bolo to po nemecky. Ale babka to našla. Mama dostala takú bitku, že jej chce odviesť jej vnúčence. Jéééžiš, to bolo zlé.”