Don’t want to experience something similar
Karel Říha was born on October 2, 1936 in the village of Pravonín in the Benešov region. He trained as a mechanical locksmith and then completed a superstructure at the secondary industrial school in Vlašim. He witnessed the departure of Nazi troops from Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II in 1945. He completed his basic military service in the 1950s at the airport in České Budějovice and in Prague as part of the state’s air protection. Subsequently, he worked for decades in various positions in Blanické strojírna, today known as the Sellier & Bellot armory. Here he also joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, which he left as part of inspections after the August Soviet occupation. Nevertheless, he does not remember the communist regime with resentment or strong criticism. To this day, he lives and participates in social events in his native Pravonín.
