The regime did not allow him to finish his studies
Jiří Zaťovič was born in the Sudetenland. He grew up in a village known for the post-war revenge against mill owner Hubert Habermann. His grandfather was persecuted as a kulak, so his children could not study. Jiří’s mother especially suffered from it. Jiří grew up in the border village of Vysoká pri Morave, surrounded by barbed wire. He began to study the Marxist-Leninist theory of culture, and when he decided to change this field of study for archaeology, the regime did not allow him to continue his studies. He was at the founding of VPN (Public against violence) in Lučenec. He also organized the first democratic elections. He lives in eastern Slovakia, where he works on oral history. He published about a dozen books.