Miloslav Zídka

"Mum still had some better stuff, so that all was left behind (in the farm - editor´s note). And when people went to work, they found a cloth with a monogram and some bed sheets. Back then the brides used to make their own monograms or later my mum did. So gradually everyting was stolen. And even now, when I met people, I asked a neighbour, I have been here since 1970, so I asked: ‚We had two carriages, where have they gone?‘ And he replied: ‚As far as I know, when the highway was done, one of them was driven by builders´ tractor.‘ The poor man was already ill and I found out, that the carriage was still rotten stored at their barn."

"So for example: mum could take her underwear, we men three pairs of underwear. Mum could take two working suits, one for special occasions, a summer and a winter coat and men could take two pairs of shoes; mum and us two pairs. My brother went to school, he was a small boy, so he had two pairs of shoes, two children suits, I was twelve years old. Then four beds, bedsheets, I think eight pillows, not the three wardrobes and radio we could take neither. In the morning a certain man came, probably a policeman with a choffer and loaded just what was allowed."