Treasure from the attic - Interior of the monastery on the Mount of Our Lady in Králíky-Hedeč, 1920s

Treasure from the attic - German residents of Králíky at work in the field, 1920s

The collective of the Semily apprentice school, Helena Rýznarová standing first from the left above, 1952

Treasure from the attic - laundresses, Králíky region, 1920s

Birth house of the Rýznar family, Horní Studénky

School in Štíty/Šilperk

Karel Kovanda in 2023

With his father on the MIT campus, the 1970s

Karel Kovanda (third from the left) with his first wife (second from the right) in China, the late 1970s. (On the far right is Wang, a Chinese radio interpreter, who was nicknamed Vojtěch. All Chinese radio broadcasters to Czechoslovakia picked their Czech names.)

Four-year-old Karel Kovanda (on the right) with his mother and younger sister Maria

Graduation at the University of Agriculture, 1969

Karel Kovanda, 1968

"Che" Kovanda, in his military jacket, speaks to the journalists' meeting during the student strike, Autumn 1968

Karel Kovanda, 1968

The contemporary witness Josef Parlesák in the Memory of Nations studio in 2022

Josef Parlesák in the Memory of Nations studio in 2022

Forester Josef Parlesák in Dolní Lukavice with his sons Pavel (bottom left) and Josef (right), 1939

A wedding photo of the contemporary witness's parents Marie and Josef Parlesák

The contemporary witness's father Josef Parlesák during the mobilization in 1938

The contemporary witness's Marie Parlesáková

The contemporary witness's uncle Bohdan Milec was imprisoned by the communists for eight years

The contemporary witness's brother Pavel Parlesák at the age of eighteen

The contemporary witness's brother Pavel emigrated to Brazil and lived in São Paulo (photo from 1954)

Josef Parlesák in the 1950s

He studied electrical engineering at the University of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering in Pilsen, graduating in 1959.