Communism has limited us in everything
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Ladislav Seidl was born on 6 May 1951 in Vrkoslavice near Jablonec nad Nisou. He comes from a family of a tradesman whose business was nationalized by the communists in 1948. His mother came from a peasant family near Hradec Králové. Seidl’s father came from a mixed marriage, and since the Seidls lived in the Sudetenland, they declared their Czech nationality and emigrated before the war. Despite being a tradesman, Seidl’s father joined the Communist Party because of his involvement in the resistance during World War II. He was expelled from the party in 1948. Ladislav Seidl trained as a plumber. In 1968 he wanted to join the army to defend Czechoslovakia against the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops. He was not accepted. A year later he took part in the commemorative protests in Liberec. He never joined the Communist Party. In 2023 Ladislav Seidl lived in Ječnov near Jablonec nad Nisou.
