To the puppet theatre in the camp
Alena Tomsová was born on 25 August 1937 in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, but grew up in Turnov. In 1945, a death march passed by their house, which Alena and her family watched. Alena‘s father worked at the train station and after World War II he was transferred to the station in Rychnov near Jablonec nad Nisou, where the family moved. Alena joined Sokol and took part in the XIth All-Sokol Meeting in 1948. She graduated from business school and worked in the insurance industry all her life.