Sometimes I did not know where the truth lies
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Václav Horák was born on 23 May 1935 in Prostějov to parents Žofie Horáková, née Labounková, and Alois Horák as the younger of two children. The family lived in Bedihošť. The mother worked in agriculture and later in a warehouse. Her father was a bricklayer’s helper and after the war he helped out in a car workshop. During the World War II he was forced to labour in Breslau. During the bombing he managed to escape and return home. He experienced the bombing and the German retreat after the tank battle near Klenovice. From 1945 to 1950 he was a member of the Scouts. He trained as a turner in Přerov. Later he graduated from the mechanical engineering school and worked as a designer in Ingstav and Agrostroj in Prostějov. In 1967 he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia under the promise of a better job. He witnessed the arrival of Warsaw Pact troops in Prostějov. After the screening in 1970 he was dismissed from his position as a technologist at Agrostroj and his membership in the Communist Party was suspended. He moved to the directorate of Restaurants and Canteens, where he worked as head of maintenance. Later he founded the so-called Technical and Material Centre in Prostějov. After the revolution he taught mathematics and physics at the second level of primary school. At the time of recording in 2022 he lived in Prostějov. He died in 2023.
