One was not allowed to say even a single word
Oldřich Nakládal was born on March 14, 1920 in Skaštice in the Kroměříž region. He attended the elementary school there for five years, and for the following three years he attended the higher elementary in Břest. Then he studied for one more year at the higher elementary school in Kroměříž and from there he transferred to a two-year trade academy. In spite of the outbreak of World War Two he completed his studies and in 1940 he began working in Prostějov. After one and a half years of work for the company Agrostroj Prostějov, an order was issued that all men born in the years 1920 and 1921, with no exceptions, were to go to do forced labour in Germany. Within several days Oldřich thus had to pack his luggage and say good-bye. He was sent to Plauen in Germany where he worked in an arms factory. He led a group of Czech workmen who were inspecting the finished goods. He experienced air raid at the end of the war and in April 1945 he returned home.