Růžena Šorejsová

“Well, as I told you, the Germans supported the farming so it was a nice work. The year 1924 was supposed to go into the Reich, it was my husband and my sister, and they did not have to go as they worked in agriculture, so they left them be. Supplies were so low that they could be easily fulfilled. Of course we were not allowed to make our own butter; everything was supposed to be given away to the state. But we used to make the butter; we had two churns, we were beating the butter in the dark at night and we left the churn in the elder bushes, because if anyone accidentally came into our house, it would not get found. And there was the butter. We produced a lot, but all was supposed to go. But, of course, we make it for our own consumption needs, and as I say, many people used to come for milk from us. Among others the gendarmes from Hradiště, as I mentioned.”

“When I had to go to the state farm, then looking back at it, I had three children to take care of, still I have to admit that it suited me fine. If they let me work in a kind of a factory, I´d not be too happy getting up past 5 o'clock every day to get to work... Our work began at seven o'clock and I could go to my children´s class meeting, when necessary or when they needed a doctor, had a toothache or alike… Or when it was raining, we could not go to the field for a week, so I managed everything at home. I did the washing and cleaned the windows and more. But when there was much work, it was even on Saturdays and Sundays. We were in the field on Easter, no celebrations, just in the field. I just never made excuses, no absences, but I did not try to stay more at home because we simply needed the money.”