Evžen Strnadel, a close friend and fellow soldier of Emanuel Kolajta, with whom he was deployed to fight against the Banders in Slovakia

Otakar Kolajta, cousin of Emanuel Kolajta, who was executed by the Nazis in 1942 at the age of 21 years

Emanuel Kolajta, the first days of service in the army in 1945

Marie Plachá in 2021

Marie Plachá with her mother Anna Sitková, 1944

Marie Plachá's birthplace in Kamenný Újezd

Marie Plachá (on the left) with her mother and sister Angela (on the right)

With her younger sister Angela, 1942

Her husband Vladimír Plachý, 1999

Marie Plachá with her sister Angela, mother Anna Sitková and father, 1941

Anežka Strobková - the godmother of Marie Plachá

Uncle Jan Trávníček after returning from the communist prison Leopoldov, 1965

Marie Plachá, circa 1942

Funeral of Bishop Josef Hlouch, June 16, 1972

Funeral of Bishop Josef Hlouch, June 16, 1972

Bohumil Zalabák, 2022

Bohumil Zalabák in 2022

Miroslava Galásková in 2022

Miroslava Galásková with her mother and brother in Prague on the way to Stara Ves nad Ondřejnicí (ca. 1954)

Josef Mikuš (Miroslava's father) as flag bearer at the head of the parade during the Ride of the Kings (1969)

Father as flag bearer (1969)

part of the tradition at the Ride of the Kings

Performance as part of the Ride of Kings

Miroslava's dad repairing farm tools (1960s)

Parents of Miroslava (unspecified year)