Alžběta Blahutová

„We were also supposed to get displaced. My dad was an apprenticeship cutler and made handles and knobs of real antlers for hunters. Three times the displacement commissioner came to us to get ready and march in a week or so to Germany. The date was approaching and we were waiting for someone to come as there was no car in Růženec. People were first transported to collection camp in Mikulovice. Suddenly they came and ordered us to unpack our stuff, as we were not going anywhere. The forestry made rebuked for our father and saw that we were quite small children. Mummy had health issues with her eyes, which I later inherited.“

„I finished elementary school and could not go anywhere further as I only had four grades. At the fifth grade I made exams. It is noted in a village chronicle as I was the best in the whole school. On top of it all, I could not speak a word in Czech when I began. When I needed to go to toilette during lessons, I had to raise my hand and point towards the door as deaf-mute. I was also bullied and called names like little Hitler and other stuff. I never minded that much and actually got acquainted very soon.“