Volyn. Part of north-western Ukraine. At the end of the 19th century about 16 thousand Czechs came here.
For work, for land, for an easier livelihood. Marie Stryjová's memoirs take us back to the war years, when the front line rolled over the villages and towns of the Czech natives several times. The hardships of war are the same, only the soldiers' uniforms change. The only desire remains to return to safety, to the land of our ancestors, to Bohemia.
This haunting and unfortunately so timely recording from the Czech Radio archive is also a memorial to the actress Jana Franková (1967-2021).
