Jiří Barteček on the border of Czechoslovakia with Austria in Záhorská Ves in the summer of 1990

Jiří Barteček in Záhorská Ves in Slovakia in the summer of 1990

Jiří Barteček in Traiskirchen in Austria in autumn 1975

Greetings from Traiskirchen on the backside of the photo in autumn 1975

Záhorská Ves on the right bank of the Morava River in Austria in summer 1990

Jiří Barteček on the left bank of the Morava River in Záhorská Ves in Slovakia in summer 1990

Jiří Činčala in Záhorská Ves in Slovakia. He was supposed to emigrate with Jiří Barteček in 1975 but arrived late. He was arrested and sentenced to 2 years in prison

Concrete columns of the signal wall on the Czechoslovak border with Austria in Záhorská Ves in summer 1990

Czechoslovak border with Austria in Záhorská Ves, summer 1990

Czechoslovak border with Austria in Záhorská Ves, summer 1990

Greenhorns band at Jiří Barteček's home in Los Angeles, spring 1990

Jiří Barteček with lyricist, artist, and main figure of the band Greenhorns Jan Vyčítal in Los Angeles, 1992

The Greenhorns band at Jiří Barteček´s home in Los Angeles in spring 1990

Jiří Barteček with his son Jiří in Záhorská Ves in spring 1990

Jiří Barteček in New York, which he sent as a greeting to his parents, 1976

Text of greeting to parents on the reverse of a picture from New York, 1976

Los Angeles, Jiří Barteček's wife Rosi on the left, his brother Bohuslav in the middle, his father Jaroslav on right, 1983

Jiří Barteček in Las Vegas, circa 1987

Jiří Barteček at the Grand Canyon in 1977

Jiří Barteček in Las Vegas, circa 1977

The Greenhorns band at the Barteček residence, visiting in Dětmarovice in 1990

Jiří Barteček in California, circa 1978

Greetings to parents on the backside of the picture from California, circa 1978

Jiří Barteček in Las Vegas, circa 1977

Jiří Barteček in front of the former Border Guard Company in Záhorská Ves. On the left his colleague from the military service Stefan Uher. On Friday 13 September 1975 Štefan Uher witnessed Barteček's escape to Austria, picture from November 2019