Do not be afraid of life!
Marián Sklenka was born on April 22, 1930 in Pitelová. He attended middle school in his home village, then studied at Business Academy in Martin, and he graduated in Bratislava. After the communist takeover he attempted to emigrate through town of Železná Ruda in Bohemia to the West Germany, however, few kilometers behind the borders he was detained and imprisoned for a short time. In April 1951 he enlisted in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions (PTP). After the training in Mimoň, he was transferred to the 60th PTP Regiment in Děčín, where he was building the airport Plzeň - Líně. Few months later he was redeployed to Pardubice airport, from where he was released to civilian life in November 1953. He worked in editorial offices of Ľud (People) and Roľnícke noviny (Farming Newspaper) in Bratislava. Externally he studied law at the Faculty of Law at Comenius University in Bratislava and he graduated in 1968. During the normalization he was fired from the editorial office of Roľnícke noviny. Further ten years, until the 1989, he was a worker at the State Property in Hubice (Hung. Gomba). Nowadays he lives retired in Banská Bystrica.