A sepia version of the photograph of the whole family with subdued contrast - the photograph from the archive of the witness is coloured and the eyes of the girl in the polka-dotted dress on the left (Zdena Šimková) did not benefit from it. Would it be better this way?

Emilie Hukaufová in 2025

Emilie Hukaufová

Interview for the project Our Neighbours' Stories

Karel Šírek, Liberec 2021

Karel Šírek, 2021

Vlasta Pavlíková, 2026

Vlasta Pavlíková, 1954

Vlasta Pavlíková's parents Anna Mikšovská and Josef Mikšovský

Vlasta Pavlíková with her father, circa 1935/1936

Father Josef Mikšovský with Jiří (left) and mother Anna with Vlasta (right), circa 1936

Vlasta Pavlíková with brother in Písek, circa 1936/1937

Vlasta Pavlíková (left) with brother Jiří (right, wearing white)

Kindergarten in Písek; Vlasta Pavlíková is 7th from the left in the 2nd row, 1938

House in Poříčany where the family lived in 1940-1945

The family's house Poříčany, 1940-1945

Mother Anna Mikšovská, after the war

Witness and her brother (right) with two war-stricken boys (left) whom the witness's parents fostered for some time

Mother Anna Mikšovská

Vlasta Pavlíková during her father's imprisonment. She gave the photograph to him, and he carried it in his pocket all the time, which is why it is damaged. It is precious to Vlasta Pavlíková.

Rear of the photo with dedication to daddy

Trip to Valdice to visit father Josef Mikšovský; pictured is Josef Pavlíček, the husband of witness's cousin Marie

Trip to visit father Josef Mikšovský in prison in Valdice: Josef Pavlíček (front); his wife Marie (witness's cousin, right); Vlasta Pavlíčková (top); her cousin Karel (Marie's brother; left)

Trip to Valdice Prison to visit father Josef Mikšovský

Vlasta Pavlíková with brother Jiří Mikšovský