He was hiding weapons in a basement in Řevnice

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Ladislav Bergmann, formerly known as Flaška, was born on June 7, 1932 in Prague into a family of bricklayers. Already during the First Republic his father was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In 1945 he and his parents moved to Řevnice. After finishing his primary school education, Ladislav Bergmann started his apprenticeship as a mechanical locksmith at the František Haring company in Prague, and after a year and a half he moved to the Meopta company, where he trained as a fine mechanic. He worked there until July 10, 1951, when he started a six-month agricultural brigade in Radotín. Despite the fact that he was a member of the Řevnice branch of the Czechoslovak Youth Union and a candidate of the Communist Party since 1948, he did not agree with the totalitarian practices of the ruling Communist Party. In 1950, together with several like-minded peers, he founded an illegal resistance organization called the Technical Action Brigade. Its goal was to oppose the communist regime by producing and distributing leaflets, recruiting new members, collecting weapons, preparing acts of sabotage, and planning their involvement in an anticipated armed conflict. Ladislav Bergmann was responsible primarily for acquiring weapons for the group. For the purpose of regular meetings, during which members were trained in handling weapons, shooting, gathering intelligence, etc., he also rented basement premises in Řevnice, which were also used for storing weapons. In the spring of 1951, he became actively involved in the creation of anti-communist leaflets and personally participated in the printing and distribution of approximately 300–500 copies. The Technical Action Brigade operated in the area around Řevnice until the summer of 1951, during which its members were gradually arrested. After his arrest, Ladislav Bergmann was first interrogated in Beroun, then spent three months at the main headquarters of State Security (StB) on Bartolomějská Street in Prague. The trial of the members of the Technical Action Brigade took place in December 1951 in Beroun. For the crime of high treason, Ladislav Bergmann was sentenced by the State Court in Prague to nine years in prison. After a short imprisonment at Pankrác, he was transferred to Slavkov, specifically to the Svatopluk labor camp, where he spent the next two and a half years working in a mine. Later, he was moved to the Bytíz labor camp near Příbram, where he eventually secured a better position in the mine machinery repair workshop. In the end, he served five years of his sentence before being conditionally released in 1956. After his release, he first worked as a manual laborer at the state enterprise Průmstav, and later advanced to the position of technician. However, under pressure from State Security, he was forced to leave this qualified job. He then joined the emergency medical service, where he found work as an ambulance driver. After the Velvet Revolution, he served as the chairman of the Association of Former Political Prisoners. He was awarded the honor of a participant in the anti-communist resistance.