Suddenly there was only the youth union and that was it.
Stáhnout obrázek
Jindřich Matoušek was born on 22 July 1926. In 1932 he became an altar boy. The Uhříněves chaplain soon founded a scout troop, which consisted mostly of altar boys. During the Second World War, despite being banned, they secretly scouted. After the Bürgerschüle he trained as an electrician. At the end of the war he witnessed an attack by American dredgers on a column of German refugees in Uhříněves. In 1945 he met President Edvard Beneš in Hodonín. After two years of basic military service, he wanted to become a professional soldier, but the regime deemed him politically unreliable and he could not study at the military academy. During communism, he continued to meet with former scouts. He participated in the revival of Junák during the Prague Spring. After the revolution he continued his scouting activities. In 2021 he was still involved in Troop 35 of the Old Scouts. He died on 26 September 2022.
