Jarmila Mrlinová

“As there was plenty of stuff to get prior to the war, but of course people had to earn money to buy it, as they do nowadays again. And there were clothes coupons. And we got clothes only once a year; a summer ones and warmer once for winter. And two pairs of shoes for children as well, if I remember well. So it was all based on ratios and to make it a bit clearer, a cube of butter for those under fifteen years old, it was a quarter a kilo per month, that was really too little. And you needed coupons for everything; sugar and meat too. I do not recall exactly, but maybe a kilo per month, so it was also a very little ratio.“

„There was a young man talking, who also experienced a concentration camp. And once he went in the queue to get something resembling food in a bowl. And as he was young and tall, he went to get an extra portion. But they found out. And they did not shoot him straight away, but forced him to eat more and more until he could not eat anymore. And that actually killed him.”