Miloslav Rálek

"And what was left of the farm?" - "The unified agriculture cooperative members took it. They wanted my parents to join to the JZD, but they didn't. They were old - and the uncle himself in JZD? What would he do there with the members? They took everything from that farm. The members of JZD took it all. They occupied everything. They took over the barn, the cowshed, the stables, they just left the house to my grandfather and grandmother. They let it all go to ruin, lime, everything.'

"When we were little, we used to go there without any problems. Then the regime started to take our property from us. Comrades, neighbors began to join the Communists. Our grandmother and grandfather from Hrusice were against it. They were private entrepreneurs and went to church. Grandma ironed all kinds of napkins for the parish priest for the church. They were against it and then the communists took everything from them too. Horses, machines, a thresher, a mower, ten cows, goats, pigs, chickens, everything was there and they took it all away. I was young at the time, I don't remember, but I remember that suddenly, my uncle came home to the house and everyone hugged him, and he came back from Příbram from the prison. He must have said something to them when they were occupying it, said something to some guy, or slapped him, and they arrested him."