Jarmila Zichová

"Those Russians, they were such a caste of people who had no education and were not on the level. They encountered a lot of common things in our territory for the first time. It was mainly about watches. Watches, it was an amazing experience for them. When they got an alarm clock somewhere, which, when it rang, they fired a submachine gun at it, because they didn't know what was going on, if it wouldn't explode or shoot them. So it was so weird. The wheels interested them. They took people's bikes, stole them from them, and wanted to ride them because they saw that it was faster than pedestrians, but as they sat on the bike, they fell and hurt themselves. It was such a strange feeling that we were far from familiar with."

"Then it happened that trucks of German soldiers appeared behind our barn in the orchard and they set a fire to warm up. Grandpa had to go to them and tell them to let the Russians approach from Náchod, so they'd rather watch themselves. They didn't put it out, but they began to dispose of all the supplies they had there, whether it was fuel or cables. They wanted to lighten their cars and march, and they fled before the Russians. There were big fires after them and we were really afraid that our barn would catch. Out of fear of the Russians, they fled in panic. They started the cars again and disappeared. "

"The cadre specialist (cadre officer in the army), who liked me very much, so was I glad, so she and the director gave me a recommendation to the University of Agriculture in Prague that I should deepen my professional education. So I went to the entrance exams and they told me that they were accepting me right away and that they would notify me in writing. But the written notification did not come, it was already June and I received a mailing-card so that I was interested in entering Vyšehrad dormitory, where I should be accommodated, so that I contacted them, but immediately the next day, because they realized that it ran along this line that I actually was to be accepted, so a certified telegram came, where they wrote to me that I was not accepted to study, that I was not recommended by the state authorities. In the brackets it was issued by the ONV (District National Committee) and the Communist Party in Semonice. So then we finally found out, the ONV staff told us then that it was our neighbor's wish me not to go to study. "