Bedřich Pingitzer

"Where did you meet for the various forbidden concerts and how did you hear about it? How did it happen overall?" - "Well, mostly in person from the letters. For example Hric used to send me letters by post via Bratislava to a friend, who then sent it to my sister, or an acquaintance, they knew to whom. And they brought it to me, because they knew it was for me. Because it always had to be sent indirectly on the road, otherwise straightforward it was not possible at all. Always through someone. It is a fact that Petr Kašpar already started to be also interesting for them, so it was not possible. Well, we used vairous ways, we had different people, who did not even knowing what it was, actually."

"However, I had some troubles with the head coach, some comrade Gavenda from Třinec. At the training in Mala Fatra at the Boboty Interhotel, I fell for his daughter, who was a terrific runner too. And he was just waiting for me, so I got more or less caught redhanded. But we did not do much, just had fun in the corridor and held our hands, that was all. Well, he made a huge affair about it and I got a banned from competing. I was still running at the international race in Gottwaldov, nowadays Zlín. Well, and I ran slowly in spite and ended up at the position of some three hundred and sixty-nine, out of a thousand runners, right. And I was expected to be like fifth or the first one the best."