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Josef Vojtěch was born on February 8, 1934 in Velké Hamry near Tanvald as the second son of Jaroslav and Anežka Vojtěch. After the occupation of the border area by Nazi Germany in 1938, the family moved to Prague. The political events of the late 1940s also had a significant impact on his life. His parents lost their trade and his older brother Jaroslav was arrested while trying to escape across the border. In 1949, Josef Vojtěch started to apprentice as a radiomechanic in Tesla in Vysočany. He completed his military service in 1954-1956 in the radiomechanical unit and after its completion he accepted a position as a developer at Tesla Radiospoj, where he profiled himself as an expert in television technology. In 1962 he entered into marriage with Jana Doksanska. The couple were hopeful about the political release during the Prague Spring, which they supported by signing the Two Thousand Words declaration. During the period of normalisation, the witness worked as a specialist in television technology and successfully participated in the establishment of television studios in the Eastern Bloc countries. In the autumn of 1989, he actively participated in the demonstrations during the Velvet Revolution. In 2025 he lived in his family home in Kunratice, Prague.
