A soldier called the communists names and tore a Rudé Právo newspaper to pieces. He spent 43 days in a prison cell
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Vladislav Veselý was born on August 16, 1948 in the village of Počátky. After primary school, he trained to be a toolmaker at Tesla Jihlava. In 1966, he finished his studies and transferred to an evening secondary technical school. Thanks to this, his mandatory military service was postponed for two years, he did not enlist until 1969. Exactly 32 days before the end of his military service, however, he was arrested and taken to a detention cell in Brno. He was accused of undertaking activities against the State, because someone had reported an incident when Vladislav Veselý had torn up a Rudé Právo (Czech for Red Law) newspaper and complained about the communist regime. He subsequently spent 43 days in custody, after which he was released. He received a deduction from his wages as a form of punishment. He then worked at the Krahulčí meat processing plant for three decades. In November 1989, he co-founded the Civic Forum in Telč and then the local ODS (Czech Civic Democratic Party) association. With his wife they raised two children. In 2022 they were living in Telč.
