Josef Čermák

Richard Krpac: "One of the most important cornerstones, actually the most important one in the National Theatre comes from the mountain Rip. Nearby Rip Hill was born one of the cornerstones of Czech community in Canada, the doctor Josef Cermak. " Josef Cermak: "Right, but also there was born Josef Hora, who was born in Roudnici and hence Karel Toman." Richard Krpac: "How do you remember the first republic, the political situation in the first republic?" Josef Cermak: "Those who were born there and lived there, consider this the best time of your life. And since then, there occurred no one would have so much respect, so much love and admiration as Masaryk. I remember him one of the festival, it was on horseback. A Masaryk was grown with the horse. On Masaryk was interesting that he came from a poor background and yet it was the smartest politician in Europe, and it includes all the kings and others. He has great charm, beautifully looked. My next memory is completely different, it was his death. His coffin drove into the ropes and of course, the way was lined with thousands of people. And I was one of them. I sat in a ditch and waited for the coffin go around. He was an extremely powerful moment. Of course, if we talk about the death of Masaryk, it is almost impossible to remember Seifert verses. Death can be described in various ways. Eg .: Today in the morning he died Tomáš Masaryk. Seifert said it a little differently: 'It murky morning, I remember, my child. That moment before half past three in the morning, the moment and the end of dying when death touched wrinkles on the forehead and left early morning mist ... 'suddenly there is only Masaryk, and there is a death that comes and touches his wrinkles and leaves mist into the night.

Richard Krpac: "And how do you assess the summers presidency Edvard Benes?" Josef Cermak: "I think that what happened in Munich, the complete debacle, when we announced the mobilization, and then we canceled it immediately, and it's not a strict criticism of Benes. I do not know what any of us would decide, if we had to make that decision. But we certainly lost by that decision. Again, it reminds me of the poem. Again, it reminds me (NB .: Seifert) poem, 'If you go by the bridge, which we love, in the flush of fame roaring water gradient. A river lies. Her speech is different and it is in the age-old fidelity. So Welcomes mother lost a son who happily returns from afar. I agates in the chapel rained, I saw them, I know their luster. But tears of happiness flowing at the moment, are rare: to the people wept with happiness. 'When Benes funeral I was with some colleagues from the village detained. I was locked up for about a fortnight, I think Pankrác. The prison was crowded, it was interesting. Then me one of my friends said, 'Look, here you get out of here fast. In you it's too deep, you would have to beat them. '"