Jana Heinzlová

"You know, I was lucky. When I lived in Krásná Lípa, we went to Varnsdorf. There, I only had Jana, my daughter, and at that time children's shoes and shoes in general were in short supply, they had salamander shoes, that was something. It wasn't here, even Baťa shoes were not here. So, we did shopping in Germany, we went to Löbau, and then we went across the border. And one time my colleague and I were stopped and I was carrying a pair of ankle boots for my daughter, they had these strange low ankle boots and they had a fastening around the ankle, they looked elegant against our heavy-footed lace-up ones. And then another thing, it was salami, their fragrant one, I liked it at the time, and then one more thing... Well, just three things that were not allowed. And the customs officer says to me: 'What do you have? What are you transporting?' So, I told him in German. 'And you know it's not allowed to be transported?' So, I said: 'One thing is a gift, the rompers, we don't have these slippers, I like them and my daughter wears them well, and I like the salami.' He looked at me and said: 'Well, if you can speak German so well, then go.' That was my experience with customs, but otherwise they were unpleasant."

"There were shifts there, so we also went in the evening, and when we were coming back, our peacekeepers almost killed me. Because we, as girls, fundamentally refused to ride with them, and so did the boys, no one wanted to ride with them. But we were walking along the edge, I was walking with a group of fellow students, and they were just trying to knock me down on that straight road, so the boys literally dragged me into the ditch, and that's how they saved my life."