Josef Hanulík

"We used to go to Šnajdr's because he was an active Catholic. Prayer meetings were held there, and in the afternoons we played sports, such as volleyball. It started innocently. In the evening, prayer was held and priests, among others from Olomouc, commuted there. They accompanied us and helped us. Over time, it became structured and gained a solid order. There were big meetings; we from that small group knew each other - the Šnajdrs and those of us closest around the music. I remember the first meeting, which took place in the parsonage in Supíkovice. About 40 of us gathered there, the priests helped us with the organization. It was a big meeting at the rectory in Supíkovice, which is a village three kilometres from Písečná. The second meeting was held in Pisečná, and again the attendance was about the same. The third meeting was held at the rectory in Mikulovice. By then we had already learned that State Security got interested in us. We also learned that one of us had turned us in. The group then broke up, it was impossible to meet in such large numbers. I still continued to meet the choir at my place, but as soon as the investigations began, we had to change places. The rehearsals were held alternately in Jeseník with a fellow tenor, at my place, in Mikulovice and so on. But they had already mapped everything out - I know that from the trials. They knew everything - how many cars were coming and so on, they had everything counted. And then I came across other State security members who were hanging around my house on the day and at the hour of the trial. I approached them, and I know that they got scared and left."