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Emilie Šalamonová was born in 1928 in Croatian village Frélichov (present-day Jevišovka) in southern Moravia. Her father was a local policeman and the family often had to move due to his job, but Emilie spent the largest portion of her childhood in Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou and in Frélichov. She was active in Sokol and she attended a Czech school in Šanov; after the occupation she moved with her mother and sister to Frélichov and continued in a German school there and in Drnholec. All the time throughout the war the family kept their Czechoslovak (Protectorate) citizenship. Thanks to her aptitude she advanced to grammar school in Znojmo, from which she graduated in 1948. Her father Josef Šalamun was arrested in this year because he became inconvenient for the regime due to his activities for the Moravian Croats. In spite of the difficulties Emilie Šalamunová succeeded in completing her studies of medicine at the university in Brno, and following her graduation she was assigned to work in Slovakia. She managed to return to Moravia 12 years later when she began working in a hospital in Vsetín and later in Olomouc. The awareness of her Croatian origins and the language continue to plaied an important part in her life. She died on January 5, 2017.
