At the Opava outdoor swimming pool, Květoslava Čechová sitting on the head of a statue of a waterman, 1930s

Květoslava Čechová, ca. 1940

With her mother Franti´ška Koukolová on the way to her aunt's house in Hrabyně, younger sibling Stanislav Koukol in the pram, ca. 1942 or 1943

Fourteen-year-old Květoslava Čechová on duty in a German family, where she was babysitting. Photographed probably in 1943

On duty with the German Puschner family, where she looked after two children at the age of 14, c. 1943 or 1944.

German policeman Mauler with his daughter Edeltraude, in his family she served as a maid as a 14-year-old, c. 1943 or 1944

Květoslava Čechová's mother Františka Koukolová, probably 1940s

Kolářská Street in Opava after 1945. On the left grandfather Vaněček from Hlubočec, on the right aunt with children, in the middle in dark dress Květoslava Čechová

Mother Františka Koukolová (née Vaněčková) with her four children from her second marriage - half-siblings of Květoslava Čechová, 1950s

Květoslava Čechová's husband Jaromír Čech, probably 1950s

Wedding photograph of Květoslava Čechová with bridesmaids, 1952

Procession of children going to the church in Slavkov for Holy Communion, probably 1970

At a celebration (probably a wedding judging by the flower) in the cultural house in Slavkov. On the left the deputy headmaster of the school, teacher Galgonek, next to him Květoslava Čechová, probably 1970s

In front of the entrance to the school building in Slavkov. From left with a bouquet Ludmila Dittrichová, Marie Čechová, x, Mrs. Tesařová, Helena Klementová (maiden name Kleinová),1973

Married couple Květoslava and Jaromír Čech with their four daughters, 1970s

Květoslava Čechová (more behind) with Ludmila Dittrichová as cooks at the Pioneer camp in Pilný mlýn, probably 1980s

Josef Slanina in adulthood

Josef Slanina

Josef Slanina in his youth

Josef Slanina, photo investigation file, Prague, 1948, V 5604 MV

Josef Slanina in 2013

Josef Slanina in 2013

This project was supported by the International Visegrad Fund and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea

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Vlad Shast during the interview, 2023