I was born again in the trenches
Bohuslav Strejc was born on 30 April 1928 in Pilsen. In 1939 he completed elementary school and started town (upper primary) school. However, the school was closed by the Germans three years later. And so the witness and his classmates attended afternoon classes four times a week.. He survived the American bombing of Pilsen on 14 February 1945. In March 1945 he was assigned to forced labour in Těšín. While digging trenches near Těšín he survived a bombing run of the Russian air force, which caused the trench to cave in on him. Shortly after this experience he escaped back to Pilsen. In 1945 and 1946 he was a direct witness of the expulsion of the German inhabitants of the Sudetes. In 1945 he co-founded a Scout troop, in which he actively participated until Scouting was banned in 1950. He was also a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1948. After graduating from the Technical University he was employed at the Škoda Works until his retirement; in 1971 he was made a sales manager, and his job took him all over the world. In 1988 Bohuslav Strejc retired. He has two sons.
