Nobody has ever asked me about the Auxiliary Technical Battalions since my military service, only after the Velvet Revolution
Vladimír Fejfar was born November 24, 1930 in Lázně Bělohrad. He followed in his father‘s footsteps and he studied the well-known trade academy in Hořice. Immediately after graduation in 1950 he began working in the Avia company in Prague-Letňany as an administrative clerk. In October of the following years he was drafted to do the compulsory military service and since he was regarded as politically untrustworthy due to his family origin he was sent to work in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions. After completing the basic training his unit was transferred to Ostrava to work in coal mines. Vladimír returned to civilian life after two and a half years. He was released under the condition that he would work in construction or in mining industry for at least two years. Vladimír thus began working in the company Severostav. He later changed jobs many times and has worked as a taskmaster on construction sites. He also worked at the construction of the military recreation center in Špindlerův Mlýn, in the finance department of the regional administration authority, in the planning department of the district administration authority or in the municipal transport company. In 1968 he signed a petition protesting against the entry of the Soviet army to Czechoslovakia. He never faced any problems due to his former assignment in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions.