They nationalized the farmers´ farm and evicted them to a cow house
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Anna Šlechtová was born on November 28, 1935 in Neratov u Lázní Bohdaneč. Her parents owned a rather large farm and already during the war they had to hand over mandatory supplies of food. In 1944, children watched the planes flying to bomb Pardubice and the bombing itself. After the liberation in May 1945, the soldiers of the Red Army settled in the forests near the village of Břehy, some in Neratov. The witnesses left many memories of their stay. After the victory of communism, the family farm was nationalized. The parents were convicted in a false trial for endangering the economic plan, i.e. for non-fulfilment of liquidation deliveries. Her mother was given probation and her father, Alois Macas, was jailed for ten months. As a prisoner, he worked on the construction of a dam in Křižanovice. The family had to continue to live in the farm part of a foreign farm and then they moved them to different region. Their return was unwanted. The witness was working since she was fifteen, and at first, her salary was the only income that supported the other family members. But after being fired from her job, she was rejected everywhere because she came from the family of the so-called village rich man. When she finally got a job as a cleaner, she was falsely accused of starting a fire in the company where she cleaned. Fortunately, she was proven innocent in the court. In the 1970s, she was offered to join the Communist Party, but she understandably refused. She visited the Soviet Union, where she saw with her own eyes the falsity of the propaganda about the achievements of communism. After the Velvet Revolution, her parents were rehabilitated and at least a part of the confiscated property was returned. In 2022, she lived in the family house in Břehy near Přelouč.
