We were conscripted into the militias from the 1st of May 1969 already. They came from the factories to get the hooligans
He was born on 27 September 1951 and has lived in Hrádek nad Nisou since 1954, in close proximity to the German and Polish borders, which were guarded by the Border Guard (Pohraniční stráž) during the time of communism. He illegally crossed the border in the year 1966, without being apprehended by the border guards. Half a year later during another illegal crossing they were arrested by the East German border guards. After elementary school, Jan Tichý started apprenticing in Liberec and let his hair grow out long. In the year 1969 he was interrogated due to his suspicious appearance by State Security (StB), only shortly before the first anniversary of the invasion by Warsaw Pact armies. After finishing his masonry apprenticeship he switched between a number of professions and as a hippie and hiker he visited forbidden concerts and parties. The witness has worked in the Liberec library since the year 1988 and later in the bookshop and antiquary Fryč. In the year 2021 he lives in Hrádek nad Nisou. The witness‘ story was able to be recorded thanks to the support of the city of Hrádek nad Nisou.