The Communist Party gave a command and brother had to punish his own sister
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Marie Horáková, née Hořínková, was born on 11 December 1935 in a plain house in Ostrava - Hrabůvka into the family of František Hořínek, a worker, and his wife Rafaela. Marie witnessed the events of the World War II and the liberation. Immediately after finishing primary school she had to start her first job in the accounting department of Vítkovice Ironworks. In the 1950s she completed her education in order to be able to continue her work. In Vítkovice Ironworks she met her future husband Jiří Horák, with whom she has a daughter. The couple lived a fairly peaceful family life until 1968. After the arrival of the Warsaw Pact troops, Jiří Horák was expelled from the party. The reason given by the officials was that he was sleeping at a meeting, but it is possible that he did not agree with the occupation. After this incident, he lost his position as head of price setting and had to start over as an ordinary employee. The couple worked at Vítkovice Ironworks until retirement age. At the time of recording in 2022, Marie Horáková was living with her daughter in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí.
