The first identified Jew in Vlci is the trader David Wachtel, who married Rosalie (Rachel) Vogel. Rosalie was the daughter of Herman Vogel, a teacher in the neighbouring village of Malinec, and his wife Ludmila. Branches of the Wachtel (house n°23) and Glaser (house n°38) families lived in Vlci. These families had relatives in several surrounding villages, especially Malinec (Mallinetz), 3 km from Vlci, Radkovice, Horsice, Ujezd, Vreskovice (Brzeskowitz), Dolany (Dolan), Kbell (Kbel), Zinkovy (Zinkau, Zinkow), Horzice, and in the towns of Svihov (Schwihau) and Prestice (Prestitz). Herman Wachtel moved to Prague with his family at the end of the 19th Century. He is the great-grandfather of the author of this article.