František Fikl as the godfather with the baptised person

Irena Voltrová, Kristýna Fiklová’s cousin

Margareta Peck (right), Eibenthal, latter 1950s

Grandfather Josef Fikl who never got to return to Eibenthal and died in exile in Comanesti. Comanesti, Romania, early 1950s

The Fikl parents with daughters Anna and Margareta, Comanesti, Romania, early 1950s

Margareta Peck recording with Memory of Nation, Ústí nad Labem, February 2023

Margareta Peck recording with Memory of Nation, Ústí nad Labem, February 2023

Maternal great-grandfather Jan Valter

Samuel Machek in 2023

Samuel Machek in 2023

Samuel Machek’s father Otakar Machek, 1914/1915

Samuel Machek and his twin brother Daniel with friends, 1941. Samuel Machek is top centre, his brother Daniel below him

Samuel Machek (right) with mother Anna Machková and brother Daniel, 1946

Samuel Machek’s father Otakar Machek in Wenceslas Square, Prague, 1947

Marie Chobotská, née Machková, Samuel Machek’s sister, 1947

Wedding of Samuel Machek’s sister Marie and Jan Chobotský; poet Karel Hynek in the background between the newlyweds. Prague, 1947

Samuel Machek with brother during voluntary work while business academy students, 1949. Samuel Machek is third from left, top row, Daniel Machek is sitting at left in the second row

Samuel Machek’s high school graduation photo, 1951

Samuel and Daniel Macheks with girlfriends and poodles, 1950

Samuel Machek (right) and brother Daniel with girlfriend Milena, 1954

Samuel and Jarmila Macheks’ wedding, 1957

Samuel Machek skiing, 1963

Jarmila and Samuel Macheks on vacation in the Crimea, 1980

Brothers Samuel, Otakar and Daniel Macheks, Christmas 1990

Witness Dagmar Takácsová