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The communist idea is at its core biblical, but the way the communists wanted to fulfill it was evil
was born on June 1, 1927 in Svitávka in Blansko district
his parents were Adventists, he was baptized as an Adventist in 1946
in 1942–1944 he graduated from a two-year business school, then he worked within the field
he graduated from the School of Biblical Studies in 1950 and then worked as a preacher in Hradec Králové
in 1951 he resigned from his position under the pressure and went to work in Tesla
in 1952 he enlisted in the war for the Technical auxiliary battalion, into the so-called parish company
he was twice brought in front of a military court for refusing to go to work on Saturday
in 1953 he was released after four months on amnesty
he was sentenced the same year again, this time to a six-year sentence in the Jáchymov mines and in Mírov
after three and a half years, he was released in 1956
he worked in the labor professions, then he returned to preaching in 1968
in 1970–1983 he was the secretary of the Czech Seventh-day Adventist Association
died on December, 12th, 2022
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Witness story in project Stories of Members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (Petra Verzichová)
Witness story in project Collection of interviews of the ÚSTR (Petra Verzichová)