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Jan Herka (* 1932)

• born on March 5, 1932 in Dolní Bojanovice, Hodonín region

• in scouts since childhood

• apprenticed as an auto mechanic

• after February 1948 he joined the anti-communist activities together with his friends from Bojanovice scouts

• in the early 1950s the group was arrested, Herka was arrested in Kopřivnice and escorted to detention in Uherské Hradiště

• in spring 1953 sentenced to a year in prison

• as a result of an amnesty granted by President Antonín Zápotocký, his sentence was soon remitted

• worked in a brickyard, enlisted in the PTP

• after returning from the war, he found it difficult to find a job, he got a job as a garage foreman at Lacrum, where he worked until his retirement

• after 1989 he became a member of the Confederation of Political Prisoners

• was awarded as a participant in the anti-communist resistance

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