Karel Sádlo

"A farmer named Mára lived in nearby Radvánov and had authority in the village. They couldn't coerce anybody join the cooperative and everybody kept saying, 'We're not joining without Mára...' He didn't want to join, and it just so happened that he disappeared. He went to feed the cattle one evening, and then they found his clogs, which were worn in those days, in the stalls. A few weeks later, he was found in a nearby pond tied to a stone trough. Based on certain clues, people figured out that he got drugged in the stall, taken to a power substation in the woods and left to starve to death, and then they threw him in the pond. Nothing was ever found out. Nothing. Over time, it became water under the bridge."

"Karel Satoria was... he wore many hats. I approached him and told him how they would force me into 'requiring explanation', and he said, 'That's a simple recipe. You have to come in, but ask what crime you're going to explain. Don't talk about anything else at all.' I used his advice, and the next time I had to appear to give an explanation, I demanded that they clarify what crime I was to testify to. It was a poke in the hornets' nest! 'Who did you tell? It's not out of your head! Who told you that? Some law! You're going to invoke the law? Those laws weren't made for you, they were made for us! We'll show you! You'll be happy to leave the Písek district! You'll lose your job! Stand against the wall, empty your pockets!'"