I spent my youth in the nick
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František Ďulík was born February 11, 1931 in Újezd near Valašské Klobouky. He trained to become a waiter, a job he would eventually return to after the war. He established contact with the anti-communist organization Světlana, one of the largest illegal organizations in the then-Czechoslovakia. He offered his apartment as a shelter for its members, initially without knowing about their opearation and later directly involved in their anti-communist activities. After the members became aware of the threat of arrest, Dulik and his two friends decided to flee Czechoslovakia. However, all of them were caught at the border in the Ore Mountains and charged with high treason. František Ďulík was sentenced to twelve year of prison. He served his sentence at Pankrác, Pilsen-Bory, Jáchymov - Vitmanov, Prokop, camp No. 12 and Barbora. His last labor camp had been Bytíz near Příbram and he concluded his sentence in a prison in Leopoldov from where he was released in 1958. He then returned to his hometown, and in the 60s he co-organized the activities of an anti-regime Klub K231 and worked as a waiter until his retirement.
