I am glad that I experienced the revolution and had the opportunity to change things
Radim Jauker was born on January 12, 1971, he spent his childhood in České Budějovice. Grandparents on my father‘s side were Sudeten Germans, their relatives had to be deported after the war. My maternal grandparents were farmers who had to join the unified agricultural cooperative (JZD) after 1948. In elementary school, Radim Jauker and his friends founded the secret scout group Blue Star. They had a clubhouse in his parents‘ house. At the high school of economics, he signed a petition against the devastation of the Giant Mountains. Because of this, he was interrogated by the State Security (StB) and was threatened with not being admitted to graduation. As a punishment, he ended up not being recommended to the universities he wanted to study. In November 1989, as a student at the University of Economics, he took part in demonstrations on Národní třída and signed the petition Several sentences. At home in České Budějovice, he distributed leaflets about revolutionary events, while at university he participated in a student strike. Soon after the opening of the borders, he traveled to Austria and Berlin. He also participated in the restoration of Junák in Czechoslovakia. In 2022 he lived in Prague.