My dad died when I was 14, so I had to go to work
Ilsa Půtová, née Mehrsteiner, was born on March 13, 1942 in Ahníkov (Hagensdorf) in a German family as one of four children (she has a brother and two sisters). The grandparents lost their house after the war and the family had to move to a municipal apartment. But they were not deported to Germany; the father Vilhelm was said to be recognized as an anti-fascist. Ilsa started attending elementary school in Zásad. For the second stage, she went to Kralupy, two kilometers away. However, she had to stop attending school at the age of 14 after the death of her father. She worked on a farm in Ahníkov in crop production and in Ušák in animal production, later grinding and assembling bearings in ZKL Klášterec nad Ohří and after maternity leave she started as a cleaner in a kindergarten. She and her family had to move to Chomutov due to the progressive mining of brown coal. She has two daughters and three granddaughters. She likes traveling and going to the seaside.