Music - making in Chodsko region during the war

"Some German soldier died in Russia. They came to us to play some funeral marches for him. They wanted us to play the German national anthem. But we didn´t know it so we played ´Hummed Mountains´ and ´Beautiful Bohemia, My Bohemia´ instead. They paid us five Marks and that was it. That was during the German period. Sometime we have provoked the Germans by playing in the evening. The hunting was just on; four gendarmes came and we had to give them our instruments. The Germans were all right more or less. But Hitler was a real bitch. He was a murderer like Stalin was. Those were the two biggest murderers."

• he is a son of Russian legionnaire from Zborovo
• he was born in 1924 in Chodov town in Chodsko region
• his village was connected to the Empire during the war
• he cherishes his memories of the liberation by Americans
• memories of the collectivization of Chodsko region
• all his life he worked as a farmer
• he was a brass musician in local band
• today he lives in Klenčí village in Senior´s Home