Šimon´s farm in Veselá, beginning of 1950s

Šimon´s horses in front of the farm, 1944

František Šimon (standing first from the left) with his cousins at the funeral of their grandmother Alžběta Kozlová, 1957

His mother Věra (sitting) in Mladá Boleslav folk costume

Witness's father František as a lieutenant, Litoměřice, mid 1920s

The Šimon siblings (on the left Jiří, on the right František) with their parents during the war

The confirmation in Mladá Boleslav with the pastor Čejka, the witness is in the middle row the fourth one from the left, 1947

On this spot, Evžen Švihlík's birth house once stood.

That's all what remained of the Švihlík family house in Rožděstveno.

Evžen Švihlík at a reunion of Volhynian Czechs. 2018

Several members of Evžen Švihlík's family remained in the Soviet Union even after the WWII. They were thus conscripted to the Red Army. There were tens of thousands of Czechs living in the USSR who served in the Red Army.

Several members of Evžen Švihlík's family remained in the Soviet Union even after the WWII. They were thus conscripted to the Red Army. There were tens of thousands of Czechs living in the USSR who served in the Red Army.

Viktor Švihlík, hero of the Battle of Sokolovo.

František Šimon in 2018

František Šimon in 2018

Member of a jazz band during military service (saxophone)

Father of the witess

Mother of the witness

Aunt and uncle Kubani, before the wedding

Wedding photo of aunt and uncle Kubani

Aunt and uncle Kubani (uncle in SLovak army uniform)

young Ľudovít with his aunt

With his uncle and aunt in Bratislava

godmother (left) and aunt Kubani

aunt's gravestone