Side-Street Reunion

Hořice, Czechoslovakia, October 1, 1946. Toronto Al's Mom briefly lived in this town during her time as a Displaced Person.

Thanks to Toronto Al for making this postcard available to us.

A Lost Friend

Location uncertain; December 1944 or January 1945. This is my Mom's friend Vojtěch. Vojtěch was from Prague. Like Mom, he was a Displaced Person and a medical-school student. Mom and Vojtěch worked together as orderlies. Vojtěch returned to Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1945 to join the Czech resistance. In May of that year, Mom received a letter from the Red Cross explaining that Vojtěch had been shot while fighting for that cause. Heartbreaking.