I hate deceit and deception. I have never submitted to anything like this.
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Josef Jančar was born on the 19th of March 1925 in Vahlovice near Blatná. He went to elementary school in Vahlovice and after it, he studied up till the fourth year at school in Blatná and then he studied School of Agriculture in Březnice. During World War II he and his friends watched fighter-bombers of alliance. He also experienced second air raid on Mirotice on the 29th of April 1945. He did his military service in Zelená Hora since September 1948 and his job was to take care of supplies. He worked in Dairy and Agricultural Cooperative in Blatná for fifteen years (except of the time of his military service). He worked as the head of register at the Ministry of Purchase in 1952. He worked for State Fisheries Blatná since 1956 and he was fired from the company in 1968 because of his opinions on entrance of Warsaw Pact troops to Czechoslovakia. Since 1969, he was listed in the central register of State Security as a person hostile to the socialist establishment. He was expelled from the Hunting Association because of his political beliefs in 1970. He worked for the Czechoslovak State Railways from 1971 to 1985. He has loved football since he was little; he worked for many years in Blatná as football official, presenter and commentator of home matches. He was fully rehabilitated in 1990. The Regional Chamber of Commerce in Strakonice declared him an important native of the area of Blatensko in 2017. Nowadays, he cooperates with TJ Sokol Blatná and is a chairman of the Czech Union for Nature Conservation Blatná. He has been awarded several medals by Czech Association of Physical Education and Sport for his exceptional contribution to physical education and sport thanks to his documentation, exhibition and association activities.
