Antonie Robová

“I had no idea, I’m telling you right away, that I was collaborating with some resistance movement or that I was bringing food to partisans, not at all! People didn’t talk about it, of course. So I would bring them food in a basket, that’s true, but I had no idea who they were. And it’s true that after the war I got to meet them. That was so nice! Her name was Emilka Macáková, she would find the food for them and clothing and that sort of things. And then I saw her, Emilka with a man, and he had a ring of sausages around his neck. And Emilka says to him: “Look Vasilij, that’s the little girl who used to bring you food.” You know, lots of hugging. And what I liked a lot is that he gave me the ring of sausages.”

“And what I’m going to tell you, you will never forget. That will get under your skin, that’s not something you forget. When we went outside, the whole block of buildings was preserved but the other blocks were bombed, that was terrible. It was truly terrible that was the first time we’ve seen it, I had no idea what bombing could look like, not at all! Imagine that there was a house, completely levelled, and only the head of the owner, Mr. Tyl, was sticking out like a bust. They used to have this small workshop, they made aprons and men’s shirts. They all stayed there, the seamstresses, unfortunately they didn’t survive. And he was the only one who did and his head was as white as milk, like mine, completely white. From the horror! Because he was completely buried during the bombing, he couldn’t move his arms. Just imagine how he must have felt.”