Symbolic funeral of one of the murdered French prisoners; pictured is his daughter Rose Marie Fraize, who searched for her father's grave for almost 80 years

Family of the murdered French prisoner visiting Olbramovice (2022)

Common grave of 82 prisoners from the death train murdered by the Nazis in Olbramovice and Křešice at the end of the war

Memorial plaque for the death train at the railway station in Olbramovice

A Renaissance-era barn in Křešice from where SS soldiers fired at escaping prisoners

Landscape between Olbramovice and Křešice; this is where 82 escaped prisoners from the death train were killed

The village of Křešice in the Central Bohemian Region, a community with a turbulent history

Pavel Pohůnek

František Lipenský, 1960s

František Lipenský (left) with his friends - poet Stanislav Holub (centre) and museum restorer Petr Charvát (right), 1960s

In his studio in a former dressing room, 1960s

During his work in the Kolín studio

During the production of the bust in the Kolín studio

In his apartment in Kolín, 2023

František Lipenský at the original bronze altar in the Alt-Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Christi Auferstehung, where he immortalised himself, 2023

Bust of TGM created by the witness and donated to the town of Česká Lípa in the 1990s

František's father (fourth from the left in the second row from the top) in dancing

Wedding photo of parents of František and Hildegarda

Alexandra Popková, the second wife of František Lipenský Sr., whom he managed to save during the Second World War

Fedir Kondur (baron Dodu) surrounded by his family. Kiliya, 1974

Volodymyr Kondur with his parents. Kiliya, Odesa region, 1971

Volodymyr Kondur in the army, 1988

Volodymyr Kondur during the interview, 2023

Witness Milota Bacuríková

Witness Milota Bacuríková