Marie Vašková

"We had a newsagent, a stall where we sold tobacco. My mother bought it from a disabled person who no longer wanted to do it. It was opposite the church. Mom didn't have a job, so she bought it from him. Once every fortnight or once a month we went to Opava with a big luggage to buy tobacco products. And I remember there was a reform at the time. It changed 5: 1 for under three hundred crowns per person, otherwise it was more expensive, 50: 1. At that time, my mother had just bought material for a newsagent's shop for about twenty thousand. And when they suddenly announced the currency, we were left with 900 crowns. And that was just enough for me, my mom and brother to exchange. "

"We had a small garden behind the house and there was an apple tree. Once, a bomb fell there and the tree flew to the roof of the house. It was on the side where we slept behind the wall. We were afraid that it would happen to us, too. Then the Russians came. They didn't stay with us much. At that time we raised two cows and also a pig, so beets and potatoes were cooked for them. The soldiers were hungry, and when they saw the steamers of potatoes, they just said ‘Davay! Davay!’ and they put potatoes from those large pots into backpacks so that they could eat because they were hungry. "