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Hugo Macek was born on the 6th of November in 1942 in //// the family-owned factory was confiscated by the Nazis during WWII and witness’ father stayed there in a management position. After the end of WWII, he was accused of collaboration with the Nazis but at the end, he was cleared. Shortly after the February 1948 coup, his father emigrated to The Netherlands. The family house was confiscated and the witness could not pursue any higher education, however, after having done his compulsory army service in 1962, he managed to get to evening courses at the secondary school in Nachod. His wife Brigita, nee Turkova, was from a German-speaking family and experienced the Death March in Brno. After having given birth to an only son, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and became disabled. In 1967, Hugo Macek sued the state for the ...contract signed under pressure and illegally and he won the case. In 1968, he was a founding member of the local branch of the K231 asociation. During the 1980’s, he copied samizdats and he was a member of the Society of Friends of the USA. In 1989, he signed a petition for release of Vaclav Havel from prison and the proclamation Several Sentences. In 1989, he was active in the Civic Forum. He became the head of the district privatisation committee. He got their property back in the restitutions and he started a business with several relatives. In 2002, they sold the former factory.
