The housekeeper Herta mentions was Marie Schmolková's cook, Mrs. Růžena Zychová, nee. Burgrová.
Her role in helping the refugees living in Kamzíkova Street is not fully known, but it is certain that she used her "Aryan" status and her own contacts.
It may have helped that opposite the entrance to the house in Kamzíkova Street was Prague's most famous brothel, whose clients included powerful and important men - and Růžena, as the caretaker, must have known about everything that went on around the house.
Růžena Zychová in a portrait photograph.
Source: family archive