For us faith was absolute must
Anna Srbová was born on the 9th of June 1941 in Plzeň as the middle child. Her mother Barbora Kasalová came from a peasant family from Ejpovice, her father Bohumil Kasal worked as a lathe operator in Škodovy závody (Škoda Works). In April 1945 a large bomb fell beside their family house and so the family moved to Ejpovice to her mother‘s relatives. There the witness met American soldiers at the end of the war. In the year 1952 hher father died, and so five women lived in the house in Plzeň, in Doubravka: her grandmother, mother and the three sisters. They lived only from the widow and orphan pensions and the girls‘ welfare stipends. Exactly due to a financial side income, dinner or other benefits, the witness went to transcribe all possible meetings, including KSČ (Czechoslovak Communist Party) meetings. After finishing her studies at an industrial middle school she managed to grab work as an administrative work force in Škoda Works. As a secretary she lived through the events of the year 1968 and the following check-ups, even the Velvet Revolution in November 1989 In the year 1993 she became the director of Městská charita Plzeň (City Charity Plzeň), after going into retirement in the year 1997 she continued as assistant director. And she even continued to organize projects such as Tříkrálová sbírka (Three Kings Fundraiser), Anonymní psaní vězňům (Anonymous Writing to Prisoners) and coordinated volunteer aid. To this day (2021) she acts as an adoptive grandmother and plays the organ at mass.