Ivan Krutina

"Well, I had it more complicated, I applied to three schools. In the end I was accepted to two. One was for foreign trade in Prague and this school [Lomonosov University in Moscow] and I said I wanted to be away from my family, I wanted to be independent. So I thought, why study foreign business when I can go abroad, so I left. So I chose archaeology because I knew a lot about it and I had friends who were involved in it. For example, Mr. Stingl, the Indian chief from the Náprstkovo Museum. And some others, Mr. Turek, who was a lecturer at the faculty and also one of the prominent people at the National Museum, and others of course. So that's why I chose archaeology, I studied there with the excellent academic Arcichovský and others, I won't mention all the names."

"I had a more difficult time because my parents were actually on the other side, so to speak. They were in favour of the regime, whereas the kids were against it at school, of course. So I had to sort of manoeuvre between family and life, well. Which most people had it that they couldn't say at school, at work, what they said at home. And I couldn't say at home what I thought at school or work, that I actually had it kind the other way round."