Police garrison, Český Krumlov, 1945-1946

Members of the American army and part of the police garrison in Český Krumlov, 1945-1946

Parade of American soldiers in the presence of MP Miroslav Sedlák (ČSSD) in Český Krumlov, 1945-1946

Zdeněk Štěpán (the second one from the left) with his father (on the left), mother (the second one from the left) and brother Pavel (on the right), circa 1955

Zdeněk Štěpán (the fourth one on the right in the third row), a photo board of the Secondary Technical School in České Budějovice, 1957

The mother of Zdeněk Štěpán - Marta Štěpánová, 1970s

Zdeněk Štěpán (the third one from the right), the Mayor of Český Krumlov Jan Vondrouš (the fourth one from the right) with Václav Havel, early 1990

Entry of Czechoslovak and American soldiers in the square in Český Krumlov, 1945-1946

Entry of Czechoslovak and American soldiers, Český Krumlov, 1945-1946

Entry of Czechoslovak and American soldiers, Český Krumlov, 1945-1946

Zdeněk Štěpán in 2022

Jana Soukupová with son Jorik and daughter Lucie, 1988

Jana Soukupová and Pavel Tigrid, early 1990s

Jana Soukupová with her daughter Lucie, 1982

Jana Soukupová in the present

As a child in a scout costume

Erazim Kohák at the Boy Scouts camp of the Group 118 Praha in summer 1945

Wedding anniversary - in Czech Catholic Mission with Father Dušan Hladík

Eliška and Josef spent more than 4 decades in America together

Josef Hasil: small in body, big in spirit

With František Schultz (*1930 in Maňovice near Nepomuk), a veteran of the Korean War and a scout who crossed the border with nothing after February 1948

"May health serve everyone and may people love each other, that's all I want in Bohemia."

People should love each other, they have to have an open heart, I say.

Easter gifts - Josef Hasil still likes Czech products and traditions

Interviews at the Czech Catholic Mission in Brookfield, IL