My parents never wanted to see Ukraine again
Hana Jandová, née Nohejlová, was born on April 1, 1953 in Frýdlant and grew up with four sisters and a brother. Both her parents were Volhynian Czechs who took advantage of the offer to repatriate to Czechoslovakia after the war. They acquired the house of the displaced Germans in Frýdlant in northern Bohemia. The family built up a large farm, which Hana had to help on from childhood. During the collectivization their fields and meadows were taken over by JZD (Unified agriculture cooperative). Hana trained as a seamstress and later as a gardener. She worked as a deputy manager in the horticulture shop.