We had hay, straw and partisans in the attic
Stáhnout obrázek
Libuše Válková was born on 19 February 1933 in Leština, Šumperk region, to Františka, née Krobotová, and Josef Dvořák. Her mother worked as a cook in a hospital, her father was a butcher. Her parents lived separately, her mother had to earn money and Libuše spent most of the war period with her aunt Marie and uncle Josef Minář in Horní Studénky. During the war, the Minář family hid six Soviet soldiers who managed to escape from German captivity in the attic. Libuše Válková remembers the war events and the liberation of the village. After the war, she finished her education, and in the 1950s she worked briefly as a religious teacher in Postřelmov. Then she got a job at the post office, where she worked until her retirement - first in Adamov, then in Blansko. She also lived in Blansko at the time of the interview in 2024.
