Dad is being persuaded to join the co-op

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… They told us how good it would be if we joined the JZD. And once I couldn't hold back and said something when …

Nationalisation in 1952 - the confiscation of a tractor

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… to take our tractor and some of the trailers. I know that JZD Truskovice got a letter from the district authority to …

He dragged the secretary out by his collar

(video)

… they divided his cattle among those who did not enter JZD [the Unified Agricultural Cooperative - transl.], half the village didn't join JZD, half the village joined it. And everyone had to take …

My father went back to Bystra and cried

(audio)

… was bigger. At that time, there was an accountant of the JZD, Hejl, in the cottage exchange. He was in charge there, …

When the sheds have not been built yet ... Boteček, the piggy

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… “Well, then my parents were in the JZD, right where uncle Lada's garage is now, so they worked …

Father's withdrawal from the coop

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… "The JZD [farm cooperatives] started, so dad joined one too, but …

Zatčení tatínka

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… „V Dlažkovici chtěli založit JZD. Otec nechtěl do JZD, tak ho za to zavřeli. Přesně na Štědrej večír ve čtyři …

Collectivization

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… we gave it to the cooperative. We refused to join the JZD (collectivized farms). Then the whole village was …

How the officials forced my father to join the cooperative farm

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… voluntarily forced signature to join the cooperative farm (JZD)." …

Klip 2 – neúspěšné zemědělské družstvo, vrátili jim jiná neúrodná pole

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… Všichni během těch dvou let se museli vrátit zpátky do JZD, protože jim vyměnili pole. Zase to dělali tak, aby je … nemohli hospodařit na svém. Tak to kloudné pole si nechalo JZD a dali jim třeba až v kopcích nebo mezi lesy nějaká …