Zuzka Polesny Eggena, at home in Glendale, California, November 2024

Zuzka Polesny Eggen, portrait in Mladá Boleslav

Zuzka Polesny Eggena in the villa in Mladá Boleslav where the family lived during World War II

Zuzka Polesny Eggena as a little girl in costume

Czech traditional dance with locals during the family's stay in Pakistan

Zuzka Polesny Eggena and sisters Magda Polesny Schay and Anna VA Polesny in traditional dress, Peshawar, Pakistan, 1951

Marie Provazníková, Chief of the Czechoslovak Sokol Headquarters abroad, All-Sokol Meeting in Vienna in 1956

Zuzka Polesny Eggena and other female Sokol members during a meeting in Vienna, 1956, author's photo. Tony Vecera

The arrival of the Sokol members during a meeting in Vienna, 1956, author of the photo Tony Vecera

Sokol gymnasts during a meeting in Vienna, 1956, author of the photo Tony Vecera

Audience during a Sokol exercise, Vienna, 1956, author of the photo Tony Vecera

Sokol gymnasts from New York, gymnastic routine Vienna 1956, photo by Tony Vecera

Sokol gymnasts from New York, gymnastic routine, Vienna 1956, photo by Tony Vecera

Sokol team on a trip in Austria during the 1956 meeting, on the left Zuzka Eggeny, her grandmother Marie Provazníková, photo by Tony Vecera

Sokol team on a trip in Austria during the 1956 meeting, photo by Tony Vecera

Sokol team on a trip in Austria during the 1956 meeting, photo by Tony Vecera

The American Sokol team in Paris after the 1956 meeting on a trip, witness on the far right, photo by Tony Vecera

Parents Alena and Karel Polesný with their daughters Magda (left), Anna and Zuzka (right)

Alena Polesná, mother of the witness, races, around 1930

Marie Provazníková with her husband František Provazník, in the middle daughter Alena, witness´s mother

Father of the witness Karel Polesný with his brother and parents

Alexandra Eggena, German noblewoman of the von der Hagen family, mother of Peter Eggeny, husband of the witness, after World War II, Germany

Josef Holý, 2024

Father Josef Holý Sr., 1935

Mother Marie Holá, 1935