Land confiscated by the Unified Agricultural Cooperative

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… to us. They were threatening us, forcing us to join the JZD, yelling at us that they would destroy us and stomp us … because there were actually three of them who joined the JZD and became members and thus they made it possible for …

How to join the JZD in 1957

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… How to join the JZD in 1957 …

Most of the informers were local people

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… son-in-law of Ladislav Stypa, who was the chairman of the JZD. That's a big story. Because when my father joined the … than me. It was arranged with the old chairman of the JZD, Duda, that he would join and I would go there too. I … in my brother's stead for the time until he joined the JZD. Well, yes, but in the meantime the chairmen changed. A …

In the 1950s no one sat on benches in front of houses, no one talked to anyone anymore

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… after work they would meet, discuss, sit. Then, when the JZD (Unified agriculture cooperative) was established, the …

Slučování JZD Oparno a JZD Velemín roku 1962

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… Slučování JZD Oparno a JZD Velemín roku 1962 …

The Czechoslovak Communist Party committee considered my dismissal

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… I had good interpersonal relations with the people in the JZD [Unified agricultural cooperative – trans.], including … Communist Party – trans.] committee of the entire JZD. Some suggested that I should be fired immediately. But …

On the day of his mother's death, the agitators came

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… And in the afternoon they came to convince to join the JZD (Unified Agriculture cooperative), it was not pleasant. …

Uvěznění otce během kolektivizace

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… „A když nás zabíralo JZD, tak do JZD šlo asi čtrnáct kusů hovězího, tři koně, asi čtyři nebo … nějaké společné stáje, to bylo provizorium, nějaké stodoly. JZD tam založili kovozemědělci z Bruntálu, z Lenasu, co tam …

Hospodaření

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… jsem začal hospodařit. Pak nás ale přinutili vstoupit do JZD. To bylo v roce 1952. Manželka byla totiž nemocná, a … dělat. A oni nám nedali ani mlíko pro děti! Navíc mi v JZD utrápili koně, rozbili mi traktor. Za rok jsem z JZD vystoupil. A dva roky jsem pak ještě zkoušel hospodařit …

Training in Poděbrady in 1972

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… were against it. We survived the whole Communist regime as JZD Svatý Jan. It was nonsense but it was very successful. … 'František Vácha'. 'Occupation?' 'Agronomist'. 'Where?' 'JZD Svatý Jan'. I was already holding my ID card ready in my …