My father lost his job because he attended the funeral of Edvard Beneš
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František Paluska was born on 1 November 1950 in Ostrava. His father served in the Western Resistance during the World War II. He served in Leamington, England, and took part in the fighting at Dunkirk. He met his wife, witness´s mother, at the end of the war in the Pilsen region during the liberation of Czechoslovakia. After the war, they moved to Ostrava, where the deceased’s father was constantly monitored. The Communists feared that he was acting as a spy for the Western powers. When he attended the funeral of Edvard Beneš, he was fired from his job and the whole family moved back to the Klatovy region. František Paluska also perceived various hardships during his schooling; after primary school he trained as an auto mechanic and entered military service. For a short time he had to work in the uranium mines. Then he started working as a driver for the International Truck Transport, and despite his undesirable origins, he travelled all over Europe thanks to his profession. He also visited places in England where his father served. He drove a truck until 1993, then worked as a driver in Germany until his retirement. In 2024 he was living in Plánice.
