Bohumila Naušová

“And a time began when people wanted to help, but they could not do so. Maybe they changed road directions. For example, they changed the directions to Jičín to Hradec. So they drove round and round. Then we had such an event, I will never forget it. Under the post office, when going down the hill, you all know it. You go there to the bus station and one road leads to Popovice and the other to the other side. Moreover, there was a crowd of people standing there, and as soon as the tanks came, they stood to one side, so they had to go where there were no people. Since they had the direction indicators reversed, they were back in five minutes and people were already standing on the other side - and they drove around like that several times. Well, it could not take forever. We all believed that it just could not be. That is how I feel and I say, it is in fact the deepest and worst memory of the year 1968. Even worse was that they shot two people up here on Letná, they have a small memorial there. Whenever I drive by, I look and remember. After that shooting, we all started to kind of split up because they were afraid. Unimaginable fear, I was afraid to let the children into the city. I was afraid that they would go somewhere.”