Maxmiliána Píšová

“The situation was such that Dubček came and there was this Prague Spring. And of course I was a supporter, as I was by no means indifferent, so I liked it very much indeed. In 1967, I applied to become a Communist party member, as I just wanted to help the cause. It wasn't like that the Party could be just disbanded, that was something no one would even think about, but we wanted people on the top to be elected, so one could have a choice. I wanted better people as our leaders, that's why I did it.”

“I had an uncle, my mother's brother, Vaněčka was his name, and he had been fighting at the barricades. He had been fighting for three days, then he just couldn't stand it anymore so he went home to get some sleep and to have a shave. On the next day he went back to his comrades. And as he arrived, German soldier showed up, they had been hiding somewhere, and they would stab all the fighters, including my uncle, in their stomachs till they died. They fought at the barricades for three days and on that last day, when the war was more or less over, they were stabbed to death. It happened in Kyje near Prague.”