Those who went straight always came to an end
Vlasta Zezulová, née Sommerová, was born on June 25, 1931 in Znojmo and grew up in the village of Staré Hobzí near the Austrian border. Her father joined the Communist Party during the First Republic, and thus after 1939 he was targeted by the Nazis. During the occupation of the borderlands, the family quickly fled inland and settled in Budkov, where the father worked for Count Kristián Salm. Vlasta graduated from the pedagogical school in Jihlava and found a job in a kindergarten. She soon married a professional soldier and started a family. When the family moved to Jihlava and Vlasta wanted to start working in kindergarten, the school inspector forced her to renounce her Catholic faith. She refused this, and therefore could no longer work in the field of education. Her husband served in the army, where he also faced problems because of his wife‘s faith. They raised five children together.