RNDr., CSc. Milan Práger

“It was after that, at the beginning of 1941 Professor Pavelka announced that Scouting activities were going to continue, obviously without all the fancy Scout things, no uniforms or anything like that. And we started to meet up, I don't know, there were maybe three of us from that first year, maybe there was a fourth person, at the parish premises in Podskalí. We would go there once a week. We had the usual Scout meetings with lectures on Scout Law. Mainly we played Scout games, I always loved that. We would go on trips. There was always a trip outside of Prague on Saturdays or Sundays.”

“The Institute of Mathematics was a rare oasis, a rare oasis. That was definitely thanks to Professor Knichal who led the institute from 1953 to, I don't what year, till the 1970s, and even though the local communist organization obviously existed there there was no particular pressure on the workers. So the only sacrifice there was ROH (Revolutionary Trade Union Movement) membership and participation in the 1st of May demonstrations. Otherwise there was nothing, and, well, later there were some, after 1968, when normalization began, there were some checks.”