I liked it in Juta, I worked there for fifty-two years
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Blažena Plesarová was born on 21 October 1929 in Březno. She came from twins and was born prematurely, the family had to warm the premature baby in the oven. She had ten siblings and was born fifth in line. She lived with her family on a farm in Březno, Central Bohemia. During the war, German soldiers lived on the farm and gave the children food and sometimes took them on horseback. At the end of the war, the witness experienced the bombing of Mladá Boleslav. After the war, the Plesars bought a house in the border area left by the Sudeten Germans and moved to Pertolice. Her parents started farming in the border area and Blažena Plesarová joined the Juta textile factory. She worked in Juta from 1947 until her retirement in 1999. She worked as a spinner in Juta. She never married and lived in a house with her lifelong friend Ilza. In 2024, she was living in Poustka.
