Erhard Pluške (bottom right) during his military service, 1952-1954

Erhard Pluške (second right) during his military service, 1952-1954

Erhard Pluške next to a costumed woman in a 1 May parade, Ružomberok, during his military service, likely 1953

Erhard Pluške with his wife-to-be Marta before wedding, mid-1950s

Erhard Pluške with wife Marta

Erhard Pluške with wife Marta, née Nevřelová, wedding 1957

Wife Marta on the wedding day, 1957

Erhard Pluške's house built of self-made bricks, early 1960s

Erhard Pluške with wife Marta

Erhard Pluške with wife Marta and daughter Ludmila

Erhard Pluške (top right), brother Vilém (next to him), sister Frída (left), wife Marta (right), mother Anežka (centre)

Wife Marta with daughter Ludmila (right), sister Frída with son (left), son Jiří (centre)

Erhard Pluške (left) with brother-in-law Karel Václavík and children

Wife Marta on motorcycle

Erhard Pluške on motorcycle

Erhard Pluške with wife Marta, daughter Ludmila and son Jiří

Erhard Pluške crushing bones to feed to hens in his backyard

Brother Vilém with daughter Traute, Hannover, 1952

Erhard Pluške's niece Traute, Hannover

Erhard Pluške's brother Vilém with his son, Hannover

Top row, left to right: brother Vilém, sisters Marie and Frída, brother Josef; bottom row, left to right: Erhard Pluške, mother Anežka, brother Horst

Sister Frída (left), mother Anežka (centre) and Erhard Pluške's sister-in-law (right)

Mother Anežka

Mother Anežka in a coffin with holy pictures

Brother-in-law Karel Václavík in a coffin with holy pictures