Jiří Větrovský in 2024

Witness Helena Bobková in the Memory of Nations Studio in 2024

Helena Bobková in the Memory of Nations Studio in 2024

The family of Marta Jíchová's mother (second from left) in the early 1930s in the South Bohemian town of Blatná

The house in Pożdżenice, Poland, where the family of the witness's father, Willem Dedecia, lived in the 19th and 20th centuries

Vilém Dedecius' father had to enlist in the Wehrmacht during World War II, then defected to the Allies and liberated Czechoslovakia with the American army.

Father Vilém Dedecius (right) at the end of the war, when he liberated Czechoslovakia in the Allied army

Marta Jíchová's mother in the 1940s

Wedding photo of the parents of Vilém and Marta Dedecius, 1946

The witness's father was one of the best farmers in Valeč, he worked as an agronomist in the JZD (Unified agriculture cooperative), photo ca. 1950s

Her mother (on the right) worked in the JZD (Unified agriculture cooperative) in Valeč since 1957.

Carnival processions in Valeč in the 1950s, Vilém Dedecius as a horse-drawn carriage driver

Carnival parades in Valeč in the 1950s

Helena Bobková with her parents during confirmation in Valeč, 1950s

Confirmation in Valeč, Helena Bobková on the left

Helena Bobková (left) with her cousin in front of the family house in Valeč, early 1950s

Family photo, from left: parents of the witness, grandfather on the father's side, parents on the mother's side, above: witness with her brother, 1959

Helena Bobková with her brother, 1960s

Helena Bobková in 1966

Helena Bobková during her work in the children's home at Valeč Castle

Wedding photo of Helena Bobkova with her second husband, 1977

Edeltraud Riedel / 2024

Edeltraud Riedel / 2024

Edeltraud Riedel / around 1945

Mother of the witness Hildegard Kindermann / ca. 1930s