In the military service

Milan Panoch, 1961

František Panoch, the father of the wittness, authorised representative at the famous mill machinery factory Prokop and sons in Pardubice, 1930s

Wedding photo of his parents

The mother of the witness

František Panoch, the father of the witness, in his office. In the 1930s, he held the position of export manager at the Prokop and sons mill machinery factory. After 1948, the communists fired him from the factory and he never got a job matching his education and skills.

The Pardubice factory for mill machinery Prokop and sons, where the father of František Panoch worked as the head of export until February 1948.

Pardubice power plant, where Milan Panoch's mother came from. His grandfather was apprenticed at František Křižík´s in Prague and then worked as a director in Pardubice.

Milan Panoch (seated at the back with glasses on the right) in a photo from a public debate on moving the Red Army statue from the centre of Pardubice. For years, the witness has been advocating for the statue's removal as it represents a sphere of Russian influence for him.

With his wife Helena in the garden of his family house, spring 2025

In the garden of his family home in Pardubice, early 1940s

Božena Židoňová in 2025

Božena Židoňová in 2025

Photo from the kindergarten in Velké Popovice (top, second child from the right)

Wedding photo of Božena and Karel Židoň

Božena Židoňová

Božena Židoňová

Božena Židoňová

Ludvík Smolka in 2010

Ludvík Smolka after the war in CSLA

Ludvík Smolka at the air defence in Gliwice, 1943

Ludvík Smolka, Christmas 1944

Father Teofil Smolka

On the front at Dedno

Leo Smolka, Christmas 1943