Now there is a grown-up generation thinking something else and saying otherwise. That is what we will struggle with for a long time.
František Hromek was born on February 11, 1932 in Moravská Nová Ves. From an early age, he was actively involved in folk music. Shortly after the war, he was part of the children’s delegation, which was received in the Vladislav Hall by the president, Edvard Beneš. In 1948 he took part in the last All-Sokol Rally. He recalls the forced collectivization in the countryside and the destruction of the peasant state. After graduating from the grammar school in Břeclav, the witness went to study at the University of Mining in Ostrava. There, together with other students, he founded the Song and Dance Ensemble of the University of Mining, with which he performed dozens of concerts throughout the region. The ensemble later became the well-known dulcimer music ensemble Technik. In 1960, František Hromek joined the Communist Party. He worked in Vítkovice Ironworks and in 1962 he became the head of the New Steelworks of Vítkovice Ironworks. In 1968, he expressed his opposition to the occupation. He was removed from the leadership position and a year later expelled from the party. He remained working in the ironworks until the Velvet Revolution in the research department. After the revolution, he became the general director of the ironworks for several years. Even in 2021 he took an active part in public affairs.
