The scouts met at the brother Seveřan´s house, State Security interrogated him
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Josef Tomáš was born on 15 June 1942 in Kladno, where his dad Karel Tomáš worked in the steelworks to avoid total deployment. His mother Anna Tomášová sewed for a textile factory. Later his two younger brothers were born. During the Allied air raids on Kladno in 1945, he hid in the cellar. After the war the family moved to Nová Paka, where he attended primary school. Together with his parents, he belonged to the members of Orel. He was brought up to faith and the whole family attended church regularly. From 1956 to 1959, he apprenticed as a fine mechanic at ZPA, where he later worked. After the war he led a hiking club and in 1968 he became a leader in the renewed Junák in Nová Paka. He graduated from the forest school in Potštejn. In 1970, after Junák was banned, he ended the activity of the club and distributed chronicles and a flag to its members. In 1972 he was interrogated by State Security Service (StB) in connection with scouting. In 1990 he restored Junák in Nová Paka. He became a member of Svojsík’s troop. In 2024 he lived in Nová Paka.
