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38 2014/04 the memory and history of the study and the articles where he had as a free to dis-position one room.42 The office had opposite the castle in the yard. Since Dvořák's arrival in Hlušice, a story begins to develop, at the end of which was the death of Humprecht Czernin. In the later interrogations he claimed that he was quite good: ...he probably had confidence in me, but I don't know what it was based on. Perhaps because we were about the same age. I tried my best on this economy, and I feel that for this reason also Count Czernín came to me with private interests.43 The story, which was finally recognised as credible in the Extraordinary People's Court in Kutná Hora in 1945 ©1948, differs from the one that was able to give statements within the framework of the full criminal proceedings in 1973. However, let's hear Dvořák's version, which he defended after the war and later in the renewed proceedings. It comes from her entry: I received a pistol in my apartment at Count Czernín's mansion, [...] an older type, a larger caliber, about 9 mm caliber in order to store it somewhere [...] was without bullets. The reasons why Count Czernín gave me this gun for safekeeping, he did not tell me and I did not know what to do with it myself. [...] I originally wanted to keep this gun somewhere in the woods, [...] but I was never determined. [...] the gun remained in my apartment until martial law in May and June 1942. At this time, it was clear to me that if this weapon, which I had assumed was unannounced, had been found with me, that I would have been punished before the martial court, i.e. the death penalty. Therefore, I considered how to dispose of this weapon ©e ... In this case I was about 8. June 1942, in some meeting with Hájný Novák of Osek, who was subject to me on duty, he [...] what to do with this weapon. We agreed that the next day we would store this weapon on the land of the hunting grounds in Osek where I was to live later. On the second day, [...] June 9, 1942, I put this gun in the briefcase with the idea of going to Osek to carry out the hideout of this pistol with the Hážný Novak. However, the problem was that on this day [...] several interested in wood came to my office with which I had to discuss things. One of them was a collar, whose name I remember not [...]. With this [...] we both then drove through the village of Hlušičky (on wheels) to the southern tip of the forest massif, where there was wood, which he had the said interest. At this time, however, I had in my briefcase outside the various documents and snacks also hidden the above mentioned pistol and I had to go, as originally agreed with Novák, to hide it. Hajný Novák on this day worked with a group of forest workers near the place where I made the selection with the mentioned wheeler. Between 10.00 and 11.00. I noticed with the wheeler that on the side road there were cars with Germans on the road, as I later found out, it was Schutzpoli iii. At the same time in the direction of arrival of these cars, there were about two, we came to us a two-man patrol of these Germans, which 42 © In case he got married, he was given an apartment in the mentally on the outskirts of the village of Osek. 43 © In another of his statements from 1973, he said: Such talks were not separated in any way, but, as a rule, [...] concerned his interest in forestry and forestry at all, which I explained to him from a professional point of view. He sometimes complained about private matters or had a connection to his relatives, but never talked about matters of his family life. From these conversations, I realized that he was interested in the nature of the duo, and in this spirit mostly our conversations were held. I suppose such conversations bring us closer together (sic) so much that he had confidence in me... ABS, f. 325, sign 325-113-1, Evaluation, April 26, 1973, p. 3. Humprecht Ottokar Czernin in the early 1930s 20. century and its castle Hlušice currently Photo: archive of Czerninů Dymokury and archive of author PD_04_2014.indb 38 15.12.14 9:27