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František Žák was born September 25, 1929 in Prague-Žižkov. His maternal grandfather worked in Prague as the director of a technical services company. When he was five years old, František moved with his parents to Týnec nad Labem, where his father started a trade. František attended an elementary school there. After completing school, he worked in his father’s workshop and he learnt the trade of a plumber and boilerman. In 1949 communists did not allow him to study at a secondary school in Hradec Králové. In 1951-1953 he served in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions near Most. After his military service František worked in the Water Management Company and then he was forced to work in a manganese mine in Chvaletice. He retired in 1980 and at present he and his wife live in Týnec nad Labem.