The communists allowed me to observe Saturday as a day of rest. A miracle happened.
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Zdeňka Lukašíková was born on 27 May 1929 in the Baťa Hospital in Zlín to her mother Amálie, who was a seamstress, and her father Stanislav, who was the head of the shoe workshop at the Baťa family. Together with her parents and brothers Stanislav and Miroslav, the witness moved to Třebíč in 1932, where her father was stationed in the new branch of the Bata factory. In her childhood she saw the consequences of the Great Depression, experienced the war years and the liberation by the Red Army, which she describes as a peaceful exchange of troops. As a follower of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, she recalls the time when their church was banned, and how her life story is interwoven with her efforts to keep Saturdays free, as it is done in her church, even during communism. At the time of recording, Zdeňka Lukašíková was living in a home for the elderly in Slovácko and believes that every person has a gift that they must develop throughout their life.
