My father gave the Bolsheviks six months. No, they arrested him and sold off 84 paintings
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Milan Kynos was born as the second of three brothers on 26 June 1939 in Třebechovice pod O. into the family of a First Republic general store trader. While he perceived the war through the lens of a child, by February 1948 he knew very well that everything had changed for his family. His father, Václav Kynos, had to hand over his trade to the state. Both he and his brothers had trouble getting into high school. In the end, he graduated from the industrial school in Hradec Králové. In 1957, a fabricated political trial began with his father, who was sentenced by the communist regime to two and a half years for the fabricated theft of socialist property. The father performed forced labour in the uranium mines with fatal consequences for his health. He played ice hockey and football for Třebechovice pod Orebem and thanks to sport, despite his bourgeois origins, got a job in the nationalised ZAZ tanneries (Zavody Antonína Zápotocký). He successfully played football for Hradec Králové and from the 1980s coached football in Třebechovice. For political reasons, neither of the brothers could fully exercise their sporting talents and fulfil their ambitions. Milan Kynos contributed to the construction of several modern sports facilities in Třebechovice. After the Velvet Revolution he became politically involved as a councillor and member of the town council. In 2016 he received the Dr. Václav Jíra Award for his lifetime contribution to football. In 2023 he was still dedicated to sport and work, which he had enjoyed all his life, and lived with his wife in Třebechovice pod Orebem.
