Thanks to scouting, we remained decent people
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Vladimír Vach, scout-named Jufura, was born on May 1, 1929 in Nymburk into a railwayman’s family. In 1938 he joined the local scout unit, but in 1940 its activities were banned by the Nazi authorities. During the war, he trained as a mechanical locksmith in the Kolben-Daněk plant in Vysočina, but even then he realized that he had ambitions to continue his studies. After the war, he returned to scouting. At that there were two boating units operating in Nymburk, the Vorvan Crew and the Blue Fleet. Vladimír Vach became a member of the second of them, but he also became friends with members of the Vorvana Crew. The place of the scout meetings was the Tortuga clubhouse in the Villa of the Rumls in Zámbí, Nymburk. In 1948, Vladimír Vach began studying at the Czech Technical University, and the paths of the Nymburk scouts gradually diverged - some joined the anti-communist resistance, some later emigrated. After graduating from university, Vladimír Vach remained at the faculty as an assistant professor. In 1958 he was fired for personnel reasons due to the alleged bourgeois origin of his wife Hana. He later worked at the Research Institute of Chemical Equipment and the Research Institute of Steel, where he remained until 1990. In 1968, he helped build summer camps in renewing the scout movement.
