My father and training in Sokol established the foundations for my life
Hana Vidímová, née Půlpánová, was born on July 3, 1928 in Hradec Králové. She grew up in Opatovice nad Labem, where she lived during the World War II. Her father, Václav Půlpán, was a legionnaire retired from the First World War and worked in tram and rail transport. Hana attended the grammar school in Pardubice during the war and recalls the resistance in the Pardubice region as well as the end of the war in her native Opatovice. In 1947 she graduated from a family school. She was an active member of Sokol movement and in 1948 participated in XI. Sokol gathering. She graduated from the nursing school in Hořice, then completed a two-month course at Charles University in Prague for assisting teachers and started wokring in a nursery school. Later she graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education. She taught physical education and was an instructor in a physical education organization. She got married in Prague, but she had a hard time getting used to the city and all her life kept coming back to Opatovice. After November 1989, she became a member of the restored Sokol in Prague - Vinohrady and participated in all subsequent Sokol meetings. At the time of the interview, at the age of 91, she was still an active Sokol member.
