Human lives and their evolution are spanned throughout different times and various spaces. Nevertheless, their destiny might seem inexorable, for the witnesses, their memories or tangible evidences are slowly forgotten. This book displays two main efforts – on one hand in collecting and describing the shreds of previous and yet forgotten lifestyles, and on the other in reflecting the scope of Jiří Svoboda’s physical and intellectual cooperation with all our contributors, even if they were looking just for inspiration in his work.
