In Paris, shortly after emigration from the Communist Czechoslovakia, 1948. From left: Jan, mother, Jáša.

Jan Drabek visiting the Czech Republic, 2010 here with Zdeněk Svěrák

The first wedding of the granddaughter and grandsons of granny Kučerová, Ústí nad Orlicí 1946. Jan in the middle in the grey suit

Jan Drabek and Jethro Spencer McIntosh (Jiří Sehnal) at the Radio Free Europe studio, 1962

Jan Drabek, his father Jaroslav and brother Jáša with his wife Jill, Vermont, September 1989

Jaroslav Drabek´s work from June depicting the Drabeks arriving in Paris in May 1948

Jaroslav Drabek with the portrait of his wife Jarmila which he painted in his Washington D.C. flat, 1995. Probably his last photo.

Alena Staňková in 1942

Grandpa Vyhnis (left) as a member of the Czechoslovak Legion

Kristovi (family of Alena's mum)

Dad Vladimír (left) with his parents, 1912

Dad Vladimír (right) with his parents and siblings, around 1920

Alena with her parents, 1942

With his parents and sisters

In 2012 at sea

Josef Hrunek with shoes apprentice. Sedlec-Prčice. 1938

Jan Hampl, a cousin of my mother. Sedlec-Prčice 1919

Wedding Alois Kocík.Sedlec-Prčice.1924

Graduating class of the Trade Academy 1941

Josef Hrunek , Frantisek Hampl , Director Smejkal and his brother in law at the wedding F. Hampl. Sedlec-Prčice.1937

Kindergarten

Berta Kocíková and Bohumil Kocík in Vienna 1907 , mum witness with his brother

Windows shattered during the uprising in May 1945, Prague - Dejvice

Windows shattered during the uprising of May 1945, in Prague - Dejvice

Barricade in Prague - Dejvice, May 1945