Anita Alblová

“I heard it on a radio that there was a release between the borders. Each year we went to Bohemia to see mum, who stayed there as she married Mr. Rejsek. We always had to check in at the Sokolov office and check out at the departure. There was a policeman and I still remember his name was Lexa. He always blinked at me. I told my granny that when we come to the police and Lexa will be there, I ask him what it would be like to request a return to Bohemia. He was very polite and replied: ,That is no issue on our part. You need to handle all the paperwork in Germany.‘ So one day I went to Dresden to the Czech representation office. I could speak enough German to manage on my own. And I inquired about all the paperwork, which they handed me over, a whole big file and just said: ,Fill in.‘ It was all in Czech. I asked him to sit down. The officer just looked at me. I took me about half a day and then I submitted it all. The approval procedure took six weeks and then I got a decision: Approved. So I moved out.”