Antonín Hurych

"And after 1968, a new stream of church songs began to appear here. It mainly caught on among young people, and I started bringing together such a group of people from many villages around Makov, which succeeded, and we were able to function until 1975. Then it had to stop because the housekeeper, Tonička Nádvorníková, mentioned that the parish priest was fined with a six-month suspension of part of his salary just because he did not arrange for the termination of the activities of young people in the Morašice church and the surrounding area. We used to go to Ronov-in all directions-there were about 40 of us." - "In what years was it?" - "It was from 1970 to 1975. It bothered the regime, so they pushed the priest to discontinue it. Of course, he didn't discontinue it, but we did because he was badly financially damaged."

"And the director, then Vojtěch, came there, I don't know if I should have named him, and he said two sentences, 'If someone is a religious student, he has no business at this institute!' My father, I value that dearly, courageously expressed himself when he said, 'So, Mr Director, you know what? Don't expect him at school tomorrow. I'm retracting him from the studies.' And imagine what happened next. The parents' meeting ended, and dad was leaving. He was already at the door, there was such a wide door at the Litomyšl gymnasium, and someone tugged on dad's sleeve. My dad turned around, and the director Vojtěch stood there and told him, 'But Mr Father, it's not that bad, send your son to school, we have to say it.' So they pushed the teachers to such interventions, but you can say that it was only to an extent to which the parents reacted; if they accepted it, or were able to oppose it."