We were hiding from the occupiers and Mrs. Livečková was shot in front of us
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Věra Vítková was born on 9 August 1930 in Jaroměř. In 1936, she started her schooling, to which she added compulsory German language three years later in connection with the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. However, she and her parents secretly listened to foreign radio and shopped on the black market, which the witness also helped with. As soon as it was possible after the war, Věra Vítková joined the Scouts and Sokol. She also began attending dance classes, where she met her future husband and the leader of the Boy Scout troop, Karel Vitek. They married in 1948 and moved to Liberec in the early 1950s. Věra Vítková started working in the accounting department of the Textile Directorate and the couple saved for their own home, which was thwarted by the currency reform in 1953. During the “relaxation ” of the political circumstances in 1968, the witness began to attend Scouts again, and even sewed a Scout teepee. However, the free period was violently interrupted by the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops, during which Věra Vítková almost lost her son. Věra Vítková worked in the Textile Accounting Office until 1987, when she retired. Later, she started working as an accountant at Junior Kendik grocery. At the time of filming (2022) she lived in Liberec.
