Mother holding me, on the roof of our factory in Kojetice, 1936

Ota Karel Heller, at home in Kojetice 1938

Ota with Tumovi (Vladimir & Marie) on their farm, Kojetice 1940

Ota and great grandfather on Tuma farm, Kojetice 1942

Father in Tobruk, Libya 1942

First Heller family photo after war, Photo Studio Prague 1945

Daily line for food in refugee camp, Ludwigsburg, Germany 1949

The ship General Stewart brings us to USA, New York 1949

First dinner in US with Eisner family (our sponsors), 1949,1st day in the USA: in the home of the Eisner family, Kew Gardens, New York

First Christmas in the USA, New York 1949

Charlie Heller, basketball player, Morristown, New Jersey, USA, 1954

Charlie and girlfriend Sue Holsten, New Jersey Atlantic shore, 1954

Our wedding in New Jersey, 1959

Son David and I: our first home in Maryland, an apartment in Annapolis, 1964

I receive my Ph.D. at Catholic University, Washington D.C. 1968

Our family, Annapolis, Maryland, 1972

Father and I, my parents’ garden, Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA, 1986

Reunion with Aunt Aša Hahnová (Mother’s best friend) in Nuremburg, Germany, in while she was visiting her daughter and her son-in-law and grandson, 1986

Our racing sailboat, “Pistol Pete”, sailing on Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA, 1990

David marries Elizabeth Roberta (Bobbi) Bass, with Mother, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, 1994

We recover our building in Libeň (white), Prague 1995

Sue and Charlie at their favorite spot in Mělník, with Říp in background

Best friend, Vladimír Svoboda, in Paseky nad Jizerou, 2005

Launch of my Czech-language book (Dlouhá cesta domů) at Luxor, Prague 2011

Kojetice memorial to victims of two world wars, with Jaroslav Kučera, Kojetice 2011