Ondrej Póda

"Two sub-lieutenants were going there in Dunajská Streda, we used to be friends because one of them was a barber, the other a car mechanic. And they went there to train with those in service, with guns. They were good cadres and they received the rank of sub-lieutenant. And in case they wanted to serve as a soldier any longer, they could have, but then they would have had to do exams. And I saw that he was writing in front of me on the little table; what I want, so I said that I was working in health care and I would like to go to health care. And he wrote on the first page, “the son of a veterinarian”. And with that I was done with."

"In 1951, I became free [finished training] and I told him that now I wanted to get money. Like this. Because he gave me a certificate. And I told him that this is not enough, I need money. But he wanted to give me very little, very little, ridiculously little. I didn't tell him anything, I took the certificate and I immediately went to this Moravian dentist, whose wife was Hungarian. And I told him that I was free and I told him that he had wanted to give me 1800 Crowns as salary for a month. And this Moravian told me that I should go to him and he would give me 1000 Crowns a week."