Brothers Karel and Václav spent part of their deportation in the Romanian army (1950s)

Husband and wife Roth, Gerník, 1958

Visiting relatives from Czechoslovakia (witness fourth from left), Gerník, (1950s-1960s)

The Cizlers with relatives and neighbours from Gerník in front of their house (turn of the 50s and 60s)

Wedding party of son František, Gerník (1990s)

Father's Funeral, Gerník, 1988

Photos from the last farewell to Karel Cizler, Gerník, 1988

The witness with her grandson, mother and neighbour (1990s)

Mum Marie Cizlerová (1911-2001) lived until her last days in Gerník, undated

Karel Merhaut with his mother Marie Cizler, Gerník, 1930s

Brother Karel Merhaut with his wife Anna, Gerník, 1949

Brother Karel Merhaut photographed in the 1990s in his backyard in Gerník, died in 2016

The former Cizler's tavern, from where the family was deported to the Bărăgan area in 1951 (Gerník, October 2023)

It used to be the Cizlers' house, the so-called "shenkovna", which the family owned and from where they were deported in 1951 (Gerník, October 2023)

Cellar window of the former tavern at the Cizler family from Gerník (October 2023)

Czechs deported to the Ezer region: Johana Rothová, sisters Kateřina and Rozálie Kovařík from St. Helena and the brother of the witness Václav Cizler, Călărași 1954

Deported families of Banat Czechs at the funeral of Alois Kovařík, who is buried in the cemetery in the village of Cacomeanca. The witness Johana Roth stands in a scarf behind the stone cross on the right (1955)

Rudolf Křivánek in 2023

Rudolf Křivánek in 2023

Rudolf Krivanek after his arrival in Czechoslovakia, 1963

The Křivánek family from Svatá Helena, Rudolf Křivánek as the youngest of the brothers stands in the middle between his grandparents. Grandfather Ferdinand Křivánek Sr. (1864-1951) became the founder and first preacher of the Baptist congregation in St. Helena. The photo dates from the late 1930s

Hrůza family from mother's side, St. Helena, 1930s/40s

Parents Ferdinand and Kateřina Křivánek and aunt Olga Křivánek with them just after their arrival in Czechoslovakia, Prague, early 1960s

On the left Ferdinand Křivánek, former mayor of St. Helena, and with him Jaroslav Svoboda, a Czech teacher who worked for many years in the area of Czech villages in the Romanian Banat, Prague, early 1960s

The Křivánek siblings: from left Alois, Štěpán, Adolf, Josef and Karel, Czechoslovakia, 1960s