Libuše Janková

"The worst thing was when the StB came to us in 1970 or 71; it was either 1970 but more likely 1971. I didn't even know there was such a thing because my husband never talked about it. I was at home and answered the door holding one year-old Martinka in my arms. They wanted to know who we were seeing, who was writing to us and calling us. They were insistent; I didn't know anything and of course I cried. Then they left me alone, saying that they were leaving but I was obliged to report everything."

"But peasants' children were not involved. Then again, they had the misfortune of not being allowed into school. I remember that when I went to the optional ninth grade, they called in all the farmer children; children from Přáslavice, Mrsklesy, Kocourovec and Bukovany all went to Velká Bystřice. My classmate Marta Košová, an excellent student and excellent girl, didn't get anywhere and went to work at Moravia straight from the ninth grade because they were kulaks. They called all the children to the school office and told them they had to choose a school that would benefit the cooperative. They didn't let them go to any other school."