From childhood in war to journeys in freedom
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Petr Böhm was born on 1 October 1937 in Prague and spent his childhood in Křižanov in the Vysočina region, where his father Jiří owned a chemist´s shop and his mother Aloisie helped her husband with the operation, took care of the household and their two children - Petr and his older brother Jiří. The chemist´s building was damaged by bombing at the end of the war in 1945 and was nationalized after the rise of communism. Because of his family background, Peter was not accepted to the grammar school at first and spent a year as an apprentice in Gottwaldov. Eventually he could transfer to the grammar school and eventually studied chemistry, to which he devoted his entire working life. Thanks to avoiding the work assignement, he joined the preferred Olšany Paper Mills, where he also met his future wife. Together with her, they continue to look after their house in Raškov after more than 50 years, gardening and travelling as much as they can.
