Jiřina Veverková

“I remember that my father expected they would come for him. That night he was so sound asleep that they could not wake him. Then they searched our flat. They threw all books from the bookshelves. They arrested him and that was it. I saw him afterwards because for a year we were allowed to visit him at the Gestapo. The two of us and my godfather because he was like a member of our family. They asked her why she took care of him and she said that he belonged to us. It was difficult.”

“There were some groups, resistance groups, collecting money for such people. Sometimes somebody arrived and brought my mother some money. She had no money at all. We had such a beautiful dining furniture. And old one, cut in wood. She sold it and got for it two thousand crowns for it, including kitchenware. The price was ridiculous. But at least she had some money. When my father returned, we even didn’t have a table. So we had to find some table. Well, it was bad.”