Alois Klepacek during compulsory military service, Romania, 1960s

Alois Klepáček at the military service, Romania, 1960s

During the apprenticeship, Temesvár, 1963

Brothers Rudolf (left) and Josef Klepáček (right) left St. Helena for Czechoslovakia during the wave of post-war re-emigration, undated

Rudolf Klepáček (*1929), like his brother Josef, was apprenticed and settled in Czechoslovakia, undated

Brother Josef Klepáček with his wife in Czechoslovakia, undated

Brother Jakub Klepáček married Elisabeth (Alžběta) Švédová from St. Helena. At that time the rest of his family was still living in exile in the village of Ezeru (Cacomeanca Nouă), 1954

Jakub Klepáček and his family were deported to the Bărăgan region in June 1951 and subsequently he entered compulsory military service in the 1950s.

Josef Klepáček's wedding in Czechia, undated

Jakub Klepáček and his wife Alžběta in Czechoslovakia, where they lived permanently since the 1960s

Brothers Petr and Jakub Klepáček and between them daughter Marie, Karlovy Vary, 1962

Jakub and his family visiting his parents in St. Helena, 1960s

Parents Alois (*1903) and Ráchel (*1906) Klepáček with their grandchildren Josef and Marie, St. Helena, 1964

Funeral of Ráchel Klepáčková, witness´s mother, St. Helena, 1980

In the background Alois Klepáček at the Baptist baptism ceremony, Nová Moldava, ca. 1960s-1970s

Alois Klepáček with his wife Emílie, niece Helena and son Rudolf. One of the first photographs after arriving in Cheb, 1970s

Alois Klepáček, 1980s

Wife Emílie Klepáčková, after 2000

Jakub Klepáček and his wife Alžběta, Cheb, undated

Witness´s brother Jakub Klepáček, undated

Cousin Alois Kovařík from St. Helena. He did not return home from deportation, he died in February 1955 and was buried by Czech deportees in the cemetery in Cacomeanca (Comuna Grădiștea, Călărași), undated photo

Grave of the late cousin Alois Kovařík, Cacomeanca (Comuna Grădiștea, Călărași), 1955

Deported Czech families attended the last farewell to the little Alois Kovarik, pictured here are the Roth, Němeček, Paneš, Kovařík, Cacomeanca families(Comuna Grădiștea, Călărași), February 1955

The family of the uncle and aunt Kovařík from Svatá Helena, who were also included in the list of deportees (the picture was probably taken in 1951, before the deportation), Svatá Helena

The deported inhabitants formed a total of eighteen settlements in Romania