I have never complained about my life. I´ve always taken it as it was and tried to overcome its obstacles

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Ján Mitter was born on April 29, 1928 in Mučín, Lučenec district. He comes from a peasant family. He graduated from an agricultural school. After the communist takeover in 1948, as a politically unreliable person, he had to leave to manufacture, since his sister and her husband emigrated to the USA. As a soldier he was forced to enlist in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions, which had the elementary unit located in Prešov and a detached one in Košice. After returning back to civilian life, off campus he graduated from civil engineering at the university and until his retirement he worked as a civil engineering expert witness. At present he is retired and lives in Martin.