• Treasure from the attic - Women resting while driving with a load of branches, Králíky region, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Women resting while driving with a load of branches, Králíky region, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Original German inhabitants weaving at home, Orlické Mountains, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Original German inhabitants weaving at home, Orlické Mountains, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Original German inhabitants weaving cloth, Orlické Mountains, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Original German inhabitants weaving cloth, Orlické Mountains, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Original German residents at work on the house, Orlické Mountains, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Original German residents at work on the house, Orlické Mountains, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Spreading manure on the field, Králíky, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Spreading manure on the field, Králíky, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Village building in spring, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Village building in spring, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Mladkov, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Mladkov, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Man, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Man, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Field work, Studnice in Orlické Mountains, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Field work, Studnice in Orlické Mountains, 1920s
  • Treasure from the attic - Original German inhabitants, working in the fields, 1920s
    Treasure from the attic - Original German inhabitants, working in the fields, 1920s
  • Horst Moudrý during the interview in June 2021
    Horst Moudrý during the interview in June 2021
  • Horst Moudrý during the interview in June 2021 - take 2
    Horst Moudrý during the interview in June 2021 - take 2
    Horst Moudrý (* 1928  †︎ 2021)
    photo: Horst Moudrý during the interview in June 2021
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  • The family of Moudrýs in 1942 when they gathered for one last time in their entirety (the witness is standing over his father's left shoulder next to his eldest brother Georg, who was working as a German newsreel cameraman during the war )
    The family of Moudrýs in 1942 when they gathered for one last time in their entirety (the witness is standing over his father's left shoulder next to his eldest brother Georg, who was working as a German newsreel cameraman during the war )
  • The house where the family lived before and during the war
    The house where the family lived before and during the war
  • Horst Moudrý as the tour guide of a group of German natives of Frýdlant region
    Horst Moudrý as the tour guide of a group of German natives of Frýdlant region
  • Frýdlant in a historical photograph
    Frýdlant in a historical photograph
  • Frýdlant castle in a historical photograph
    Frýdlant castle in a historical photograph
  • The grave of the first Frýdlant soldier who fell during World War II, located at the Frýdlant cemetery
    The grave of the first Frýdlant soldier who fell during World War II, located at the Frýdlant cemetery
  • Inscription on the German soldier's tombstone (quoted from Heinrich Lersch's poem The Soldier's Farewell): Nun lebt wohl! Menschen, lebet wohl! Und wenn wir für euch und unsere Zukunft fallen, soll als letzter Gruss zu euch hinüberhallen: Nun lebt wohl, ihr Menschen, lebet wohl! Ein freier Deutscher kennt kein kaltes Müssen: Deutschland muss leben, und wenn wir sterben müssen! Farewell, my friends, farewell! And if we are to die for ourselves and the future, our last farewell should be: Farewell, my friends, farewell! A free German knows not the coldness of obligation, Germany must live, even if we ourselves die! Für Großdeutschland * fiel vor Warschau Hermann Schneider 18. 5. 1919 21. 9. 1939 Er ruht bei feinen Kameraden, fein Geist ist um uns! He fell for the sake of great Germany just off Warsaw He rests surrounded by dear friends, gentle spirit sourounds us!
    Inscription on the German soldier's tombstone (quoted from Heinrich Lersch's poem The Soldier's Farewell): Nun lebt wohl! Menschen, lebet wohl! Und wenn wir für euch und unsere Zukunft fallen, soll als letzter Gruss zu euch hinüberhallen: Nun lebt wohl, ihr Menschen, lebet wohl! Ein freier Deutscher kennt kein kaltes Müssen: Deutschland muss leben, und wenn wir sterben müssen! Farewell, my friends, farewell! And if we are to die for ourselves and the future, our last farewell should be: Farewell, my friends, farewell! A free German knows not the coldness of obligation, Germany must live, even if we ourselves die! Für Großdeutschland * fiel vor Warschau Hermann Schneider 18. 5. 1919 21. 9. 1939 Er ruht bei feinen Kameraden, fein Geist ist um uns! He fell for the sake of great Germany just off Warsaw He rests surrounded by dear friends, gentle spirit sourounds us!
  • Permit for Horst Moudrý to use his bike to commute to work, issued on May 13, 1945, by Soviet soldiers
    Permit for Horst Moudrý to use his bike to commute to work, issued on May 13, 1945, by Soviet soldiers
  • German ration stamps for the people of Sudetenland
    German ration stamps for the people of Sudetenland
  • One-day ration card for German soldiers on leave
    One-day ration card for German soldiers on leave
  • German wartime clothes-rationing stamp for the people of Sudetenland
    German wartime clothes-rationing stamp for the people of Sudetenland
  • Certificate of employment at the Frýdlant spinning mill for Gertruda Blaschkova, a German woman from Větrov (Ringenhain), dated June 12, 1945, which served as residency permit and protected her from banishment
    Certificate of employment at the Frýdlant spinning mill for Gertruda Blaschkova, a German woman from Větrov (Ringenhain), dated June 12, 1945, which served as residency permit and protected her from banishment
  • Certificate of employment at the Frýdlant spinning mill for Gertruda Blaschkova, doing night shifts, allowing her to walk in the streets after curfew (following WWII, Germans were not allowed to leave their homes between 9 pm and 5 am)
    Certificate of employment at the Frýdlant spinning mill for Gertruda Blaschkova, doing night shifts, allowing her to walk in the streets after curfew (following WWII, Germans were not allowed to leave their homes between 9 pm and 5 am)