God took care of me
Július Kremský was born on January 24, 1933 in the village of Ľuboreč, in Lučenec district. He studied at the grammar school in Lučenec and in 1955 he graduated from the University of Forestry and Wood Technology in Zvolen. Here he gained a degree of forest engineer. Yet during his university studies he had various problems because of his active religious life. He was actively engaged in the local Baptist Church in Lučenec, where he led a choir. After the university he went through several professions in different Slovak regions and in 1958 he returned back to Lučenec. Here he developed his religious activity and since 1960 he yearly, organized Christian summer camps precisely for youth. The main program of the camps included studying and explaining the Bible. These Július´s activities attracted the attention of the State Security, which tried to cancel them completely. However, when he didn´t yield to their intimidation, after several months of investigation he was in 1966 accused of committing a crime of obstructing the supervision of churches and religious societies under § 178 of the Penal Code. On June 17, 1966 there was a trial held at the District Court in Lučenec, where Július was sentenced under § 178 of the Penal Code to 8 months of unconditional imprisonment. He served his sentence in correctional institute in Veľký Dvor, near Želiezovce. After his release from the prison he married his fiancée Terézia. In 1971 they moved from Lučenec to Liptov. When Július was after ten years dismissed from his work, the couple along with their four children moved to Bratislava.
