Dad was a kulak. In the 50s, they took everything away from him
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Marie Kábelová was born on December 24, 1944 in Lipenice into the Šimáček family. Both of her parents were farmers and owned one of the largest farms in Lipenice. During collectivization in the 1950s, the family had their fields, farm buildings, almost all their animals and machinery taken away. The witness’s father refused to join the unified agricultural cooperative, but under threat of imprisonment, he eventually joined. Later he left it and worked on the state farm in Lipenice. Marie Kábelová was not allowed to study at secondary school, so she started working at the state farm as a dispatcher and completed her studies at the secondary school of economics. She also worked as a secretary and machine accountant. In November 1964, Marie Kábelová got married. Her son Jaroslav was born in May 1966 and her daughter Ivana in August 1971. In her spare time, she devoted herself to the women’s soccer team in Lipenice and led a medical club under the Red Cross. After the Velvet Revolution, the witness and her family were given back in restitution all the property that had been confiscated from them during collectivization. She is an active senior citizen, and in 2024 she lived in her family house in Lipenice.
