All my friends left, so I had no one to speak to, no one to play with
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Editha Kobzová was born on July 19th 1934 in Šumperk as the only child of Adolf and Hedvika Brosig. Both of her parents were of German nationality. However, her mother fell ill with an “open” tuberculosis and died in 1936 at the age of twenty-six. Editha, not even two years old, had been adopted by her grandfather, Willibald Weigel, and his second wife, Marie. Editha, her grandfather and his wife were not expelled with the rest of the German residents after the war and had been living in Hradečná ( Markersdorf in German and Nová Hradečná since 1960). Editha witnessed both native inhabitants leaving the village and the arrival of new colonists. In 1956, she married Erwin Kobza with whom she moved to Nedvězi four years later. Her husband was of German nationality as well. At the end of the Second World War, he had to join the Wehrmacht before reaching his majority and participate in the fighting during the retreat in today´s Poland. Since coming to Nezdvězi till her retirement, Editha Kobzová had been working in a factory producing wire products in nearby village of Kamenná. She gave birth to three children: Oto, Edita and Tomáš. In 2019, she has been living in the village of Nedvězí.
