Jiřina Benešová

“When the soldiers arrived, and they came to every house. It was four o'clock in the morning, and we were getting up for the bus, because it was going to Pilsen at half past four. And we had to stay standing because we were all awake. And when the soldiers came in, they immediately looked at the radio and said: 'Well, what about the radio?' And they started setting it up. And dad was afraid, he worked in Škodovka and he was afraid because - you know how it was. We would probably all go to the gas. And it was switched. A gendarme lived above us and he also ran there. That was fun too, he would run across the barn so no one would see him, so he would be covered if something happened. And that's how it turned out. But it was good, it was switched to Prague."

"Later, I commuted when I could, so I commuted to Horní Bříza and from Horní Bříza on foot. And when the Germans drove, they drove at night. And when they were driving the car I always jumped into a ditch or a field and crouched there. When there was grain, then into grain or into clover. I didn't do anything there, just such a bed and I crouched down. They drove past me, and when they drove back again, I had to hide again. So, I ran like this the whole way. They didn't drive every day, but when I went there, it happened almost every time. I was so afraid, but I didn't say anything at home because they would be worried about me."