Koreans were scared to take oranges we gave them for their hungry children, sailor says
Karel Vízner was born on 16 February 1954 in Duchcov, but he lived with his parents in Litvínov. After finishing elementary school, he trained as a construction carpenter at a vocational school in Děčín. After completing his apprenticeship he started to work in the Stavomontáže Teplice company. When he was 30 years old, he wanted to get a company flat, but he failed. He therefore took advantage of an offer of employment with the Czechoslovak Ocean Shipping. In 1981 he made his first sea voyage from Rijeka, Yugoslavia, to Poland. In the following years, he travelled through 26 countries on sea voyages. He enjoyed Sweden the most, North Korea the least. In 1985, Karl Vízner was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was granted disability retirement. In 2017, the witness fell ill with bladder cancer. The illness caused him to become wheelchair bound. The witness was not interested in politics throughout his life. In 2017, Karel Vízner moved in a retirement home in Meziboř near Most, where he was living in 2022.