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

Jiří Barteček at the flood dam in Záhorská Ves talks about how surveillance of the border of Czechoslovakia with Austria before November 1989 was organized, picture from November 2019

Jiří Barteček shows where he crossed the Morava River in Záhorská Ves on 13 September 2019 and emigrated to Austria, picture from November 2019

Jiří Barteček in Záhorská Ves, picture from November 2019

Jiří Barteček recalls 13 September 1975, when he crossed the Morava River in these places in Záhorská Ves and emigrated to Austria, picture from November 2019

Vladimír Šiler during the celebration of his 7th birthday in 1957

Vladimír Šiler in the first communion / probably around 1959

Vladimír Šiler on left at the family photo / brother Emanuel in the middle / sister Milada on the right / mother Jarmila and father Emanuel / probably in 1962

Vladimír Šiler on right with his mother and siblings / probably around 1958

Vladimír Šiler on his 4th birthday in 1954

Students of the Secondary General Education School in Znojmo during the Majáles. The school was also studied by Vladimír Šiler / image made in 1966

Vladimír Šiler in Znojmo / around 1959

Vladimír Šiler in Paris in 1990