Helena Sekyrová

“Jirka went to Switzerland. At home, I had 70,000 in the cupboard in the bedside table and I say to Jirko: 'Look, they say there should be currency, we have the money here. What about them?' 'Please, just let it be. Do you know how many times they said there would be a currency and nothing happened? Just forget it.' I said: 'Well, what do you think.' Jirka left and there really was the currency. They told you that the money you have at home, that they will exchange it one in five, that means that for 50 thousand we would get a few crowns. Just a tiny amount.”

"That was no fun at all. That was the end of the war on Pankrác. We observed it from the window. I remember one last day, there was a beautiful weather, it was spring. We lived on the third floor, we had an open window, I was sitting up in the window and my head was sticking out of the window. I said, 'Hey, mom, there are so many. Indeed they are, mom. Come and have a look!' Mum looked and indeed there was a line of American cars (plane) one after another. They were throwing silver strips down from that plane down. As they flew, the silver disturbed the waves. 'They are plenty! So many!'"