My mother was beaten after the war. Grandmother in a wheelchair was deported
Stáhnout obrázek
Vojtěch Lanta was born on 9 July 1939. He and his three siblings grew in Čermná in the Kladsko region. His mother Anna Lanta was of Czech-German descent, which foreshadowed future problems for the family. His childhood was marked by World War I and even more by the post-war events. His family was not deported but his grandmother and aunt were. He went to a Czech school in Lázně Chudoba (Kudowa Zdrój). They moved to Hronov in Bohemia in 1951, and he completed his military service with engineering troops in Rokytnice and Litoměřice. He trained as a turner. His parents and brothers emigrated to West Germany later on but he stayed in Czechoslovakia. After visiting relatives in Germany, he was interrogated by the StB several times. He never became politically active and never joined the communist party. He took part in the local protests in November 1989. He was an active firefighter. He lived in Bezděkov nad Metují in 2023.
