He fled before me through a closed window

Jiří Stránský found himself in prison in 1953 because of the Freedom Train case, with which he had no connection. He was falsely accused by his former boss, who was in danger of the death penalty, and who made up all sorts of stories about his various co-workers just to save himself. Despite the apparent nonsensical accusation, Jiří Stránský was convicted and sentenced to “only” eight years due to his young age. He was in several prisons, finally ending up in the Jáchymov labour camp Vykmanov, where a surprise awaited him: “I arrived and the boys immediately started saying: ‘George, you know who’s here? Frankie Šilhart, the man who got you in here!’ So they led me through the wooden house and there he was sitting behind a table. ‘Frankie, look who we've brought!’ And he, as soon as he saw me, he jumped out through the closed window. I called after him: ‘Frankie, don’t be silly!’” The case had a conciliatory ending – when officials began investigating into some of the non-legal trials in the late 1950s, František Šilhart testified that the accusations against Jiří Stránský had been made up.