Tag #154211 - Interview #94325 (Stepan Neuman)

My father believed there were two values in life: education and health. After we moved into our house, our parents hired a governess to teach us languages. Her name was Hedvika Belska, a young girl from Olomouc [in Moravia]. My mother couldn’t spend much time with us due to her health condition, and Hedvika became our second mother. She knew Czech and German and spoke these languages to us. She took us out and in winter we all, including our father, went sleighing. I still remember German songs that we sang with Hedvika and I can sing them. I shall never forget Hedvika, she was a part of my childhood and I will always keep love for her in my heart. After World War II I was trying to find Hedvika, but I failed.