Ing. Jiří Šíma

* 1922

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Farmer
23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia
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    Visits to Rovnost

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    "When they took us to visit, they loaded us onto a bus at Rovnost and four guards sat down opposite us with machine guns pointed at us. It was a normal bus, for about forty or however many people. We weren't allowed to talk among ourselves, we weren't allowed to look out, that is, to turn around, but naturally we kept our eyes on what was around us."

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    First impression of Rovnost

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    "They dropped me off under a wire fence with wires all around. It's a very unpleasant feeling. I could see through the wires into the forest, but psychologically it's not a very pleasant feeling. But once you got in contact with the barracks, in contact with the other prisoners, and you found out that there were prisoners of a largely, or mostly, political nature, you felt relieved."

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    Indictment for speculative distribution of assets

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    "The first point of the indictment was the speculative division of assets to avoid higher deliveries. Our property in total was about 31 hectares, and about 20 hectares were added to that, and the higher deliveries came from that. Just as there is progressive taxation today, there were progressive compulsory supplies then."

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    Lipka, 28.11.2008

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I became a convinced anti-communist

Jiří Šíma
Jiří Šíma
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Jiří Šíma was born on 27 December 1922 in Kaletice near Strakonice in the former Czechoslovakia. The family had a farm and his father managed the agricultural property. In 1956, Jiří Šíma and his father were arrested for speculative distribution of property. The communists believed that the father and son had divided the farming on purpose to avoid higher taxes. The property was confiscated and Jiří Šíma was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in Strakonice. He served his sentence in Pankrác and Rovnost, while his father was imprisoned in Valdice and Leopoldov. Jiří Šíma worked at Rovnost as a mine carpenter, bricklayer and concrete worker. After his release on 2 March 1961, he started working at the State Forests and gradually moved to the woodworking shop and warehouse work. After his release, he also managed to graduate and earn a degree as an engineer. In 2008 he lived with his wife in Lipka near Vimperk.

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