The contemporary witness on a school trip

Eva Mečlová's husband Zdeněk Mečl, who died in May 1999 shortly after their 40th wedding anniversary

The contemporary witness's sons Zdeněk (on the left) and Jan

The contemporary witness's mother, who lived to be 98 years old

The contemporary witness in Paris, which she visited five times after 1989

The contemporary witness with a pumplin, which she carved at the Františkov retirement home in autumn 2022

The contemporary witness with her former students, who came to visit her to the Františkov retirement home

The contemporary witness's class photographs of school-leavers from 1955

The dust jacket and annotation of E. F. Burian's novel Trosečníci z Cap Arcony (The Castaways from Cap Arcona) from 1976 (an extract from the novel is in the documents section). The illustration and cover and binding designed by Karel Hruška

The dust jacket and annotation of E. F. Burian's novel Vítězové (The Winners), published in 1955 (an expanded edition under the title Trosečníci z Cap Arcony (The Castaways from Cap Arcona) was published after Burian's death in 1965). The book cover was designed by Karel Vaca, graphic design is by František Skála.

Kateřina Cichrová in 2022

Jana Černá

Jana Černá

Jana Černá (left) in the hall of the Praga factory. 1950's

Jana Černá (seated, fourth from right) and her classmates wearing the Pionýr youth organisation uniform

Jana Černá in the first grade

Jana Černá as a maid of honour. 1956

Jana Černá in the 1960's

Jana Černá with her mom. Photograph from a handbook on proper nutrition of babies published by the maternity hospital in Praha-Podolí in 1954

Wedding photograph of Jana Černá's parents (her father on the left)

Jana Černá's parents

Bartoloměj Černý, witness' father

Bartoloměj Černý in 1943

Bartoloměj Černý wearing the uniform of the First Emergency Batallion of the National Security

Bartoloměj Černý (back row, third from left). 1949