Marie Obrusníková in 1938

Marie Obrusníková, Ostrava, June 2024

Marie Obrusníková, Ostrava, June 2024

Marie Obrusníková with mother (cradling her), father (standing behind them) and the paternal side family, the grandparents Schwanczars, uncle Johan living in Germany, and father's brothers, 1937

Marie Obrusníková's father Antonín Schwanczar with his uncle Johan, his daughter Gertrude and brothers Alfons and Josef, Wuppertal, late 1930s

Marie Obrusníková's father Antonín Schwanczar (right) with his uncle Johann, his daughters and his brothers, 1937

Marie Obrusníková's grandparents Antonín and Emilie Schwanczars with grandfather's brother Johann, late 1930s

Marie Obrusníková with her father, little brother Jan and Jana Šímová, Kobeřice, circa 1944

Marie Obrusníková (second right with braids) at school, Kobeřice, circa 1950

Marie Obrusníková (left) with the neighbours' daughter, Kobeřice, circa 1939

Witness's uncle Jan Schwanczar who was killed while in the Wehrmacht

Marie Obrusníková with parents, circa 1940

Marie Obrusníková, circa 1953

Marie Obrusníková with her husband and friends, Malá Morávka, 1957

Marie Obrusníková with her husband, Malá Morávka, 1957

Marie Obrusníková and Josef Obrusník, 1955

Marie Obrusníková, Kobeřice, circa 1950

Marie and Josef Obrusníks, 1957

Marie Obrusníková, Mala Morávka, 1957

Marie Obrusníková, circa 1956

Marie Obrusníková, 1957

House No. 2321 in Komenského Street (formerly Spitzbergstrasse) in Varnsdorf where Milan Hrabal has lived all his life. The picture was taken in the late 1950s.

Milan Hrabal's family in 1954

Milan Hrabal, Liberec, 2024

Milan Hrabal, Liberec, 2024