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Josef Kosák was born on April 14, 1942 in Nuremberg, Germany, into a mixed marriage. His father was German and his mother Czech. In 1944, he and his family moved from Germany to Strakonice. He recalls how, at the end of the war, he and his family often hid in the basement from air raids. As a child, Josef was often sick and spent a lot of time in the hospital. In 1948, he started elementary school in Strakonice. After the communist coup, the family began to experience hardships from the regime because of the father’s German origin. The Kosáks did not have enough finances, the father could not perform his original profession and worked in menial positions. At the time, the entire family, including Josef Kosák, was being monitored by the State Security (StB). In the second half of the fifties, Josef’s father died. Josef attributes this, among other things, to the fact that his father was bullied by the communist regime. In 1960, Josef successfully graduated from secondary technical school. After graduation, Josef got a job at the Stavoprojekt company in Sezimov Ústí. There he met his future wife, Libuší Kahovacová. Later they raised two sons together. He lived in Liberec since 1970. His whole life was dedicated to sports - running, rowing, cycling, hiking and cross-country skiing in the winter. In 2022 he lived in Liberec.
