Josef Hořák

"And I was lucky to have already read the book named Clay-Eva calling London. It was a book from the occupation that described underground activities during the war. How the group worked in the Protectorate also described the situation in prison. So when I was locked up in a room that was about 1.4 at most, 1.2 maybe, and 2.2 meters long... There was the door in a wall that opened for the night, I was lying on the floor, on that door, the mattress was so stiff. The whole time from 6 to 22 hours one had to either walk, not be allowed to sit or squat. Walk or stand. And that's an awfully long time. And that was psychologically very well done. It was no fun. There was complete silence in those solitary rooms, there must have been silence. And sometimes someone couldn't stand it, started yelling there, such a crazy roar, or just moaning. So it added to the awakening of fear and anxiety about what tomorrow would be like. I had all that experience there as a young man, well, and then I resourced from that book. I knew, now you have to eat what they give you, because otherwise you would die it in a moment. Even though it was the first night, everyone had a tight stomach, so I ate the whole dinner because I knew I had to eat."