Albína Kratochvílová

“I met my husband in 1945, and we were married in 46 because we heard the government’s call at the time for people to move to the border regions here. So the first year I went to Zlaté Hory, Ondřejovice - Salisov, which is where my son was born. That year I taught in Supíkovice. I had to commute there by train and then on foot another three kilometres at least across the fields to teach at the school there. The winter of 46 was uncommonly harsh, with a lot of snow, and often enough the headmistress would tell me: ‘Don’t come here, stay at home.’ And I’d set off again the next day anyway. It took its toll on the health, on the baby, my son, he had dysentery when he was born.”