The occupiers were pointing machine guns in his store window, soon after buying crystal chandeliers
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Jan Erychleb was born on 15 March 1946 in Mladá Boleslav. Both his parents worked as textile merchants. He graduated from high school with a specialization in television technology in Kutná Hora. Then he went to the compulsory military service, and after returning from the compulsory military service in 1967 he worked in the Mladá Boleslav shopping centre Cíl, where he sold electrical equipment. On 21 August 1968 he experienced the arrival of the occupation troops in Mladá Boleslav. He devoted himself to playing the accordion and regularly went to national competitions with the local orchestra. In November 1989, he participated in demonstrations in Mladá Boleslav during the Velvet Revolution. After the fall of communism, he continued his parents’ tradition and started his own business, selling electronics as a freelance trader. In 2023 he lived in Mladá Boleslav. He died in October of the same year.
