A trip to Volyn for a better living
Jiřina Křivánková was born on April 8, 1951 in the village of Soběnice near Litoměřice. Her parents - Anna (* September 21, 1923, for Svoboda Vozábová) and Jaroslav (* January 25, 1912) to Vokráček - were descendants of the Volhynian Bohemians. In March 1944, Jaroslav joined the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps, and for instance he took part in the battle for the Dukel Pass. He returned to Czechoslovakia on January 10, 1946 and settled in Soběnice. Anna was a trained seamstress, later she completed a pedagogical course and taught in Volhynia. She returned to Czechoslovakia with her family in January 1947. The wedding took place in February 1949; later their daughters Jaroslav and Jiřina were born. The family had to hand over the property that Dad acquired to the collective farm. She got it back after the Velvet Revolution.