Mgr. Iva Ondráčková

"We were on a walk and it was around the end of the war. We were coming back, my parents with me and my brother. And now the planes were flying very low, and it was the Russians, because they were flying low and in threes. And they shot at us. I saw the fire bullets. It was a short distance from us - they shot at us. We ran into a house near the Slezáks. There were more people, we opened the gates a bit, and we saw the illuminated Hostýn Hills and a lot of parachutes. So, I will not forget this. That was such a strange view."

"Yes, we were required to learn German in the first grade. It was a strange teaching because the teacher said a German sentence and wanted us to repeat it. Which is impossible. It is not possible to teach in this way, especially such small children, it is difficult even for an adult. But this is what he wanted from us. I had a good memory and I always know I repeated it. And until recently, a classmate told me, 'You know, we were happy. You always said it and we were glad to stay out of things.'

"I remember my father listening to London Speaking. And they told me, you can't say it anywhere, they would execute us. The feeling of terrible fear, it persists, you can't get rid of it. And he always said Bruce Lockhard would speak. I didn't understand what they were talking about. My father listened to a foreign radio, I remember, maybe even Paris. Although I didn't understand anything, but I still remember saying they were Isi Pari radio difision France."