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Interviews

3 women sitting in a row

Maria Korbelová, Marie Kocurová, Pavlína Granzerová, U Opavice 3

Message to the future generations: “Enjoy and take care of what we have built here.”

Libuše and Mirek Masaříkovi, U Opavice 4

“We were happy here; it was a completely different sense of community back then.”

Jiřina standing in the doorway to the apartment.

Jiřina Mainušová, U Opavice 2

“It’s hard to believe that we were so blinded.” (about the 1950 political trials of Milada Horáková)

Zdeňka and Jan Jusovi, U Opavice 4

“First we need to determine what we mean by a prefabricated block of flats.”

Vojtěch Kostka, U Opavice 4

“Cooperative democracy is about communicating and negotiating.”

Pavel Lyko, U Opavice 2

“It’s peaceful here; quite an oasis. Living here is super.”

Karel and Barbora Premusovi, U Opavice 2

“We all did everything together and it was fun. Times are different now– today it just wouldn’t work the same.”

Renáta and Bohumil Kubánkovi, U Opavice 3

 “When we hear the sirens at noon every first Wednesday of the month, we know today we go to the U Jabloní."

Jolana and Luboš Kozákovi, U Opavice 4

“When the boys started school, we realized there was not enough space for two desks in the kids’ room.”

Arnold and Eva Kostkovi, U Opavice 4

“I sat Lukáš on his tricycle, Roman in the stroller and off I went working in the boiler room. I worked, really, like a dog.”

Věra Beinhauerová, U Opavice 4

“My husband told me I couldn’t manage the job. Well, that made me mad.”

Gerlinda Frajzová, U Opavice 2

“The world was so mixed up that one didn’t know where one belonged.”

Tereza sitting cross-legged on a bed in front of a coral colored wall

Tereza Bočková and son Jonáš, U Opavice 4

“Many people here have forgotten they also once had children and what it entails.”

Lenka Štrohalmová and daughter Katka, U Opavice 4

“The children’s slide at the playground outside; that was our idea.”

Pavlína Newerlová, U Opavice 4

“It’s like living in a village here.”

Zbyněk Štěrba, U Opavice 4

“We had a beautiful childhood here. This place was unique.”

Věra and Josef Pavelkovi, U Opavice 3

"We participated in the work brigades and in fact it was often fun."

Jarmila Smolková, U Střelnice 10

“They said we either sell or they will confiscate it. I was just getting married, so the money came in handy.”

Jan Hampel, Director of the housing cooperative Stavbař

 “The state wanted to destroy all coops, although over 95% of them, if not more, worked perfectly fine.”

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