Marxism dazzled me after the war. I know it’s a utopian idea today
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Jaroslav Frolík was born in Beroun on 25 January 1933. He witnessed the bombing of Beroun in April 1945. He spent the rest of the war in Luh pod Branovem to be safe from possible further bombing. He completed a cooperative school, then took a correspondent job at the Tiba textile factory. Spent his military service with an anti-aircraft regiment near Pilsen. Following his military service he returned to Tiba and worked as a supply clerk. While employed, he began to study at the business academy. He then went on to study at the University of Economics in Prague (VŠE). Over time, he worked his way up to a managerial position in the plant. He joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) early. He spoke out against the invasion in August 1968. He was eventually expelled from the CPC and persecuted for his political views: he had to work blue-collar jobs in the years to come, was not left to stay in any of them for long and found it difficult to find work. During the Velvet Revolution, he co-founded the coordination centre of the Civic Forum (OF) in Beroun. He eventually resigned from the OF. He lived in Beroun in 2023.
