Dad is being persuaded to join the co-op
(audio)… They told us how good it would be if we joined the JZD. And once I couldn't hold back and said something when …
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
(audio)… “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
(audio)… "The JZD [farm cooperatives] started, so dad joined one too, but …
Collectivization
(audio)… 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
(video)… voluntarily forced signature to join the cooperative farm (JZD)." …
When his family had been forced to join a collective farm, he bit a hand of an official
(video)… because my family didn't want to join a collective farm (JZD). They would try to change our minds in quite a brutal …
Before joining the Unified Agricultural Cooperative
(audio)… “Before we (joined) the JZD (Unified Agricultural Cooperative), we had been still …
They demanded such high contingents that it wiped us out
(video)… farm - and so he farmed it for a few years. In 1958, the JZD (unified agriculture cooperative) was founded. That was …