I had parents and a sister and I knew they would come after them if we left so I would never leave
Stáhnout obrázek
Dagmar Holečková was born on April 23, 1938 in Prague. She was still small during the Second World War, but she remembers the atmosphere during the period of Heydrichiade. Together with her mother were just returning from Slovakia and had to spend the night at the station because there were no trams. At the end of the war, she often had to hide from air raids in the basement. Because her father was a businessman, she was affected by the change of regime in 1948. At school, she got into a dispute with a comrade from the national committee, and instead of gymnasium or conservatory, she went to study health school. She then worked at the Institute of Medical Cosmetics for almost her entire life. She always liked sports and was interested in culture.
