The cover of a book about the invasion of Czechoslovakia, published by the independent publishing house KRĄG in Warsaw during the Solidarity Carnival, when books on forbidden topics could be published

A large photograph on the fence of the garden of the Konspira restaurant in Wrocław commemorates Karel Kryl playing in an ordinary Wrocław pub in November 1989. A chance witness to this unplanned performance of Karel Kryl was Stanislav Ninth, who had been hiding in Wroclaw since September 1989 from imprisonment. He listened to Karel Kryl over a beer in the corner of the pub, but because of his secrecy he was not allowed to show that he knew him.

Jolanta Piątek in Vienna in the 1980s at the Nachtasyl club, which was run by the Czech emigrant Jiří Chmel called Chmelák. The witness worked in the club for two months and met Czech emigrants (Pavel Landovský, Dáša Vokata, Jaroslav Hutka and Karel Kryl).

Polish translation of Zdeněk Mlynář's book Frost Comes from the Kremlin, published by the independent publishing house NOWa during the Solidarity Carnival, when books on banned topics could be published

The cover of a book about the Warsaw Uprising, published by the independent publishing house KRĄG in Warsaw during the Solidarity Carnival, when books on forbidden topics could be published

The cover of a publication about the Katyn massacre, published by an independent peasant publishing house during the Solidarity Carnival, when books on forbidden topics could be published

With Karel Kryl and Mirosław Jasiński during the festival in Wroclaw, November 1989

Jelena Silajdzic

Jelena Silajdzic in 2023

Jelena Silajdzic

Zdeňka Lažanová recording for the project Stories of Our Neighbours, April 2022

Zdeňka Lažanová recording for the project Stories of Our Neighbours, April 2022

Graduation photo, 1971

Zdeňka Lažanová with the Stories of Our Neighbours project team

Rita Erbenová, 2023

Rita Erbenová, 2023

Execution during the roll call, Dora camp, engraving by D. Černý

Cousin of the witness's father, victim of the air raids on Pilsen

Sister Emilie Urbanová with her husband Karel

Sister of the witness Emilie Urbanová

Brother-in-law of the witness Karel Urban (right) with his father-in-law

Underground tunnels in the Dora camp on an engraving by D. Černý

V-2 rocket, Mittelwerk underground factory complex

Entrance to the Mittelwerk underground factory tunnel

Houses of the Mittelbau Dora camp