I have no nationality. I‘m from Znojmo
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Josef Vlasák was born on 30 December 1934 in Znojmo to parents Františka Leiterová and Josef Vlasák. Both of them were German before the war, so his father had to enlist in the Wehrmacht in 1940, even though he was an active anti-fascist. He survived the war and thanks to his political views the family avoided post-war deportation. Josef trained as a turner and after two years of military service he graduated from the evening industrial school, graduating in 1963. For the next 33 years he worked as a production technologist at the Sklostroj company. His lifelong hobby was photography, for which he was investigated by military counter-intelligence, which suspected him of espionage. Josef Vlasák created an extensive collection of historical photographs of Znojmo, organised exhibitions and lectures and founded the Club of Friends of Znojmo. In 2015, he was awarded honorary citizenship of Znojmo for his lifelong work in documentary photography. In 2020, the book Beloved Znojmo, which he co-authored, was published.
