Mother Dagmar in Warsaw, shortly before the declaration of martial law, early 1980s

Mother Dagmar in Warsaw, shortly before the declaration of martial law, early 1980s

Michal Holeček with his second wife Eva in front of his own bookstore AVE in Uherské Hradiště, 2013

On the right Michal Holecek's grandfather during the World War I

Karel Peleška - maternal grandfather, 1911

My maternal grandmother in folk costume in Čičmany, Slovakia, where his grandfather was a teacher during the First Republic

His maternal grandmother in folk costume in Čičmany, Slovakia, where his grandfather was a teacher during the First Republic

Grandmother Božena

Karel Peleška - maternal grandfather (in the middle), June 1945

Karel Peleška - maternal grandfather (right), June 1945

Michal Holeček with a sweater that his mother knitted for him in the 1970s according to a photograph in the American magazine Spectrum, Zlín, 2025

Gotthard Janda, Ostrava, June 2025

Gotthard Janda, Ostrava, June 2025

Gotthard Janda, circa 1980s

Gotthard Janda, circa 1980s

Gotthard Janda, early 1950s

Great-uncle of Gotthard Janda, sculptor Johannes Baltazar Janda

Gotthard Janda's grandmother Filoména Gořanová

Gotthard Janda's grandmother Filoména Gořanová

On the left, father Josef Janda with his parents and siblings, above, in the middle, aunt Anna, who tragically died at the end of the war after being hit by a stray bullet

Gotthard Janda's stepfather, miner Josef Kuchejda

The shoemaker Maxmilián Mrázek, owner of the house during the war

The shoemaker Maxmilián Mrázek, owner of the house during the war

Gotthard Janda, fourth from the left, with classmates in Uherské Hradiště

Gotthard Janda lying on the right with classmates in Uherské Hradiště