Jiří Spousta

“It was no longer really possible because the Germans were especially careful about that. One didn’t know what might happen. I was a boy of twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three, and I didn’t have the courage to do something like that. I was more of a coward.”

“As I said, Míra Jágr chose me as his deputy, but I didn’t have the abilities he had. He was two years older, that’s true, but he knew what he wanted.”

Interviewer: “Was it noticeable that the war was there? Was there some different atmosphere or were some things forbidden?” – “Not really. The miners were working in the mine, they had jobs, they were just looking for something to eat.”

“After that I quit with my scouting activities completely. I had to work in the mine on Saturdays in order to provide for the family because Jirka began studying at that time.”