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Emilie Fialová, née Heroldová, was born on August 29, 1947 in Pardubice. She trained as a saleswoman and enjoyed singing. She also won the Talents competition in Pardubice, and in 1964 she was accepted into the military orchestra. During the performance, she met soldier Jan Fiala, whom she married in 1965, and they moved to Nymburk. At the beginning of the normalization, Emilia was fired for an innocent anti-communist joke. After some time, she found a job as a water worker. After the Velvet Revolution, the Fialas were restituted to a brickyard in Štěrboholy, Prague. They decided to renew it and from 1995 onwards bricks were produced again in Štěrboholy. Since then, Emilie has been working in the family brickyard and is gradually handing over the work to her children.