Even though my mom and I were Czechs, they spat at us in Prostějov, as if being Germans
Kristina Hübler was born on August 17, 1941 near Katowice in Upper Silesia. Her father was a doctor coming from a family of German landowner from the Czech-Polish borderland, her mother was a Czech from Prostějov. Her father had to enlist in the German army and in 1948 he managed to come back from the Soviet captivity. After his return, the family moved to Bohumín. In 1958 thanks to establishment of eleven-grade high school, Kristina was able to graduate, however, due to her German and kulak origin she was not allowed to continue further studies. After her graduation she worked within several office jobs. In 1961 she got married to a doctor, who came from Uherské Hradiště and shortly after their daughter was born. Kristina’s mother re-married to a Czech German and emigrated to Western Germany. Few months after the August 1968, Kristina and her family decided to emigrate as well. They received the travel permit based on an invitation from Kristina’s mother and on August 19, 1969 they left Czechoslovakia. Her husband managed to quickly get a good job in Germany and after gaining the German citizenship, he took over a dental practice near Bonn. Even though the family speaks solely Czech, Kristina doesn’t have any relationship towards the former Czechoslovakia and compared to her husband, she visited this country only very few times, moreover, after the year 1989 she hasn’t visited it at all.
